A continuation of the discussion of the signs of hypothyroidism
Channel: BioBalance Healthcast
Date: 25/05/2020

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Physical Signs of Hypothyroidism:  What a doctor or YOU can see or feel on your body:

1. Low Pulse and Low Blood pressure
2. Basal Body Temperature below 98  (your oral temperature taken before you get out of bed in the morning).
3. No sweating when you exercise or are in hot weather
4. Swelling all over the body
5. Brittle nails
6. Loss of, or thinning  body hair
7. Hair problems: poor quality brittle hair, thinning all over the head, slow hair growth and constant shedding
8. Weight Gain when you eat normally
9. Swelling, and puffiness  around the eyes
10. Distended and bloated abdomen
11. Goiter or swelling in the neck
12. Extremely dry skin, may look like cobblestones
13. Loss of the lateral Eyebrows (the outer third of the eyebrows)
14. Heart arrythmias and palpitations
15. Cold hands and feet

If you have 3 or more of these signs you should be evaluated for hypothyroidism.

There are high risk factors that should alert you and your doctor that you are high risk to get Hypothyroidism:
1. Being female
2. Aging over 50
3. Living in the Midwest
4. Family history of Hypothyroidism
5. Family history of Hyperthyroidism, Graves Disease and Hashimotos Thyroiditis.
6. Allergy to Iodine
7. Poor diet, lack of vitamin A, vitamin D, Lack of  Iodine and Zinc.
8. Diagnosed with an autoimmune disease already
9. Diagnosed with Depression
10. Drink fluorinated water

 If the patient is a woman, she is eight times more likely to have hypothyroidism than a man, and if she lives in the northern Midwestern US, the Goiter Belt, she has a very high risk of the hypothyroid epidemic that affects most women in that area. This high rate is the result of a lack of iodine in the ground and water sourced in the Midwest that causes hypothyroidism. 

Overall, hypothyroidism causes the human metabolism to slow to a standstill. And slow the production of energy in the cells, and store that energy as fat. Low thyroid slows growth hormone, which thins the hair and makes it frizzy and fall out in large amounts. 

Thyroid hormone is meant to keep the body temperature between 98 and 98.6 by stoking the metabolic fire and keeping the body warm enough for enzymes to work, and cells to work as well. We are “warm blooded” for a reason and “warmth” is accomplished by thyroid hormones effect on each cell in our body.   When we have hypothyroidism from inability to  secrete enough thyroid hormone, or if we aren’t given enough thyroid replacement our body’s enzymes and chemical reactions slow down and stop, causing us to gain weight, feel fatigued and sick. Thyroid is the thermostat and our cells including muscles and other organs make energy out of our food.

Thyroid hormones also stimulate the intestines to work  and absorb the food that gives us energy.  Without thyroid our intestines come to a standstill and we are constipated!  I contend that the great number of drugs on the market to help constipation would be unnecessary, if every person had enough thyroid hormone and iodine to make their gut work!