Physical Signs of Thyroid Deficiency - Hypothyroidism
Channel: BioBalance Healthcast
Date: 2016-04-10

We continue our discussion of recognizing the physical signs of hormonal deficiencies, today we discuss the loss of thyroid hormones, or hypothyroidism.
The thyroid is a very active gland that controls the rate at which we burn calories to make heat and energy.  It also affects the process of making and remodeling bone, mental energy, sleep and wake cycles, water and salt balance, so there are many signs of thyroid deficiency that you can learn to look for to detect it in yourself and your family.

The most obvious three physical signs that you can notice at one glance are, thin brittle hair, bare areas where the lateral eyebrows should be, and cracked and broken nails.  All three of these signs can be signs of other hormone or vitamin deficiencies when found alone, but together they mean hypothyroidism.