The heart heart, the feverish forehead and anxious mind? Your condition can be more serious than anxiety, and it may be time to control your thyroid.
Thyroid glands, a butterfly organ at the front of your neck, produces hormones that regulate vital functions.
And when it is out of the stroke, many of the symptoms are identical if you simply suffered from generalized anxiety disorder.
“The thyroid gland is part of your endocrine system, producing hormones that regulate your metabolism and affect the way your body uses energy“ Dr. Kepal Patel, co -director of the NYU Languone Health’s thyroid program and the head of the Endocrine Surgery Division, previously told the post.
“These hormones affect almost every organ, affecting the heartbeat, body temperature and digestion. When your thyroid is not working properly, it can affect your whole body. “
Two of the most common types of thyroid dysfunction are hypothyroidism – when thyroid hormone is not produced – and hyperthyroidism, when it is too much.
Symptoms of hyperthyroidism, an endocrine disorder characterized by excessive production of thyroid hormone, include:
- anxiety
- exasperation
- Palpitations of the heart
- Increasing the heartbeat
- vibration
- Growing sweating
- Difficulty sleeping
- Heat sensitivity
- Hot, clumsy skin
- Good hair, brittle
- Muscle weakness
- Soft weight loss to moderate without loss of appetite
- Magnified thyroid
Due to the overlap of symptoms, hyperthyroidism is usually badly diagnosed as general anxiety disorder.
Recognizing and evaluating thyroid function in time is critical, especially when the symptoms of anxiety prove resistant to treatment.
In addition to psychological evaluation, it is recommended that patients suffering from anxiety symptoms are also undergoing complete physical examination and appropriate laboratory tests to exclude thyroid issues.
Hyperthyroidism is diagnosed through the thyroid blood test, doppler ultrasound and a thyroid intake and scan.
Prognosis with treatment – given the early detection – is excellent.
“Hyperthyroidism is often associated with grave disease, another autoimmune condition that overestimates the thyroid. Thyroid nodules, which are abnormal lumps in the thyroid, and excess iodine can lead the thyroid to produce more hormones than necessary, ”Patel explained.
Graves’ disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism; 60-70% of cases of hyperthyroidism are due to autoimmune condition. It affects 2% to 3% of the global population and usually occurs before the age of 30 years.
Women, those with a family history of thyroid conditions, smokers and those with other conditions of the immune system, such as type 1 diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis, are at a higher risk of developing tombs.
Typically, the immune system is activated when a virus or bacteria enters the body; However, for those with grave diseases, those threats activate thyroid, making the glands produce on the production of the thyroid hormone.
Treatment options for hyperthyroid are threefold: surgery to remove all or parts of the gland, anti-thyroid prescription medicines and radioactive iodine, which the patient consumes in a capsule created to treat thyroid with radioactive chemicals.
A rare but threatening complication for the life of hyperthyroidism is a thyroid storm, also known as accelerated hyperthyroidism or thyrotoxic crisis.
A thyroid storm is caused by a sudden and severe stroke in thyroid hormones resulting in fever, sweating, delirium, weakness, tremor, irregular heartbeat, low blood pressure and coma.
In addition to medical intervention, hyperthyroidism can be managed by limiting stress responses and adhering to a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Dairy products and shellfish, meanwhile, are known to exacerbate the symptoms.
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