| Thyroid disease symptoms and hypothyroidism | | | | hormones are estrogen, thyroid hormone and |
| symptoms afflict millions of adults in the USA alone. | | | | progesterone. Understanding how these hormones |
| Thyroid disease symptoms are frequently | | | | work together helps one better understand how to |
| misdiagnosed or undiagnosed. Approximately 10-20% | | | | approach treating thyroid disease symptoms. |
| of women and 1-2% of men have symptoms of | | | | Harvard-trained Dr. John R. Lee, women's physician |
| thyroid problems. The most common type of thyroid | | | | Dr. Jesse Hanley and Virginia Hopkins are co-authors |
| dysfunction is the condition hypothyroidism, also | | | | of the best-seller What Your Doctor May NOT Tell |
| called low thyroid or underactive thyroid. | | | | You About Premenopause. Dr. Lee explains his |
| When thyroid function slows too much, one of the | | | | observations over a twenty-year period when |
| consequences is that metabolism in the body slows | | | | treating women having thyroid disease symptoms. Dr. |
| down more than it should. When the body's | | | | Lee believed that elevated levels of estrogen |
| metabolism slows down due to underactive thyroid | | | | interferes with normal thyroid function, while |
| function, the result can be hypothyroidism symptoms | | | | progesterone facilitates healthy thyroid function. As |
| such as fatigue, weight gain and depression. And | | | | excess estrogen interferes with normal thyroid |
| other thyroid symptoms may be experienced as well, | | | | hormone function, progesterone helps the thyroid |
| and these other symptoms may appear to be | | | | gland function more as it is supposed to. |
| unrelated. | | | | He noticed that women who tested normal for |
| The most common thyroid disease symptoms and | | | | thyroid function were often progesterone deficient. |
| hypothyroidism symptoms include: | | | | Dr. Lee found a clear pattern in his patients with a |
| ? Cold intolerance, cold hands and feet | | | | progesterone deficiency which was this - their thyroid |
| ? Constipation | | | | disease symptoms lessened when natural |
| ? Depression | | | | progesterone supplementation was done and |
| ? Dry and coarse skin | | | | hormone balance was achieved. |
| ? Fatigue and weakness | | | | Read more about hormone imbalance, how |
| ? Forgetfulness, dementia | | | | progesterone deficiency happens and how to have |
| ? Hair loss | | | | balanced hormones for better health. There is a free |
| ? Heavy menstrual periods | | | | online womens hormone health test you can take to |
| ? High cholesterol | | | | find out more about your health and symptoms you |
| ? Immune system problems | | | | may be experiencing. After the test, you will receive |
| ? Nervousness, tremors | | | | physician-based recommendations based on your |
| ? Sleep difficulties | | | | answers. If you feel you may have thyroid disease |
| ? Weight gain | | | | symptoms, learn more about the natural approaches |
| Having hypothyroidism symptoms is related to | | | | recommended by naturopathic physicians for treating |
| hormone imbalance. For a woman, three of the critical | | | | hypothyroidism symptoms. |