I think I have a thyroid problem.

I`ve always had healthy hair, but for the past 4 months my hair has become brittle and dry, and even hair falling out.

I became concered about this and started to do some reseach about it. I`ve just seen one thing that it might be and that`s my thyroid. I have all the synthoms for an underactive thyroid.

The same time I was looking at sites, my dad tells me (just a few days ago) that he has an underactive thyroid. But also he says his mother had the same thing. I quess it runs in the family.

I want to know if anyone has this, and if so can it be cured? Did the medication help you? I`m pretty sure this is what I have, but I still have to go see a doctor. Does anyone know what kind of doctor I should go see and deals with this kind of thing?

I`m very stressed about it, and living in a foreign country makes it even worse because I don`t speak the language. :(

Any help would be nice. :) Thanks. Brandi...

Hi Everyone,
Thank you so much for all your help! I finally went to get my thyroid checked yesterday. After spending several hours in the overcrowed hospital I managed to get a blood test and ultrasound on my thyroid. (I got lucky)

The first doctor I seen was a man, didn`t speak any english, so my husband translated. He asks my husband what are my synthoms. My husband tells him and also says it may be my thyroid. The doctor gets frustrated with a rude look on his face. Then he reaches for his pen and writes on a tiny piece of paper "THYROID" and shows it to me. LIKE he solved all my problems. That`s what I said to begin with!!! DUH!! :P HE tells me to go to another doctor.
And all that long line that waited in front of his door he managed to get though them all in half an hour. Then he flies out of his office door down the hall then returns with a load full of food in his arms!
Just to share what I go through!! :P:P:)

Well anyway I seen another doctor. He examined my thyroid on the ultrasound. He said that it looks normal and there is no enlargement or anything.

But However, I`m still waiting for my blood results. It comes today, but they have to send it by mail since I had it done at a city far away. It will come this week most probobly. I will let everyone know my results. I hope I have this thyroid problem,,, just to know what is making my hair fall out. Otherwise I`m gonna have to visit the hospital again and I won`t know what is causing it. THerefore I will be soooo stressed. I just want my hair to grow normal again.
I have a few questions. please answer then if you can. :):)
1. Does the thyroid medicine make you hair grow back? Or fall out more?
2. Just because my thyroid looks normal, it doesn`t mean I have a thyroid problem? The blood test actually determines it?
3.If I don`t have this Thyroid problem, Do you know anything else that could be causing this??

Once again,, I thank everyone for their help!! :):)

OK, I just got a call from my man. He got the results and they say that my hormone levels are normal,but I didn`t see the papers for myself. I still have doubt though. I have all the synthoms for it.

Anyway,, I don`t know what to do now about my hairloss.....still stressed and angery about this whole mess.

I do know something is wrong with me and still have to figure out what it is before I go crazy.

:):):):P

[QUOTE=it's me] Yes, your thyroid can feel completely normal in your neck even if you have a severe thyroid imbalance.

My hair continued to fall out for a few months after i started the medicine but it it began to slow down after that.

To take care of my hair i wash with a gentle moisturizing shampoo and massage it in very gently.

Please continue to ask me questions because i love to answer them.
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Hi, I will go to the doctor again today to examine my results, but I don`t know what he`ll say. The information I compared my hormone levels to I found on the internet, so I"m not sure how accurate they are. By the results I found, my T4 looked at little bit low, close to the borderline.

I read on the internet that there is not a "normal" level, but everyone has there own, where they will feel comforable at. Is this true?

If they doctor says I don`t have hydrothyroidism, what can I do for my hairloss? I"m most certain this is what I have and I don`t want to wait until it`s too late to do something about it. Maybe there is a medication I can take, even though I`m at risk for it?

My hair is falling out in strange shapes. It falls out is zig-zags,curls, or just bent in two. Also it`s very dry and brittle. Did this happen to you too?

On average, how many hairs were you losing, before and after the medication? how much did the thyroid medication help you?? And did the condition of you hair improve at all?
These are questions that I really wonder about.

thank you very much!!! Brandi :):):):):):):):)

HI again, Well yesterday I went to the doctor and he said that I was normal.He said there wasn`t a thing wrong with my thyroid either. But they don`t take the time to examine me. (SO I THINK IT IS BS)

Then I went to see a dermo. With his own two eyes he look at the hair on my head and said my hair is very healthy. (rather than examining my hair with a microscope.) He wrote me a prescription for a shampoo and a lotion which I should put on my scalp.(it didn`t work for me.) I even did reasearch on the internet for it, and got no results. >:/
It is called Novacrin placenta shampoo.

WEll I`m really hopeless now. The doctors in this country are among the stupidest:P. I"m sure. However, I still have no idea what to do about anything. Nobody is taking me seriously here.

,,,,,,P.S. Are there any doctors online that I can talk to??? If there are please let me know!!:):)

thanks.

Thanks for the webisite. :)

I came to the conclusion that if there is nothing wrong with my thyroid, then I definitly have some type on hormone imbalance. I have it little knot on my stomach.(but I had it since I was 12)now I`m 19.
It never gave me any trouble though. I read that a cyste on your ovary can cause hairloss, so now I`m looking into this because I have to explore all possible causes for my hairloss. (yeah if the doctors aren`t going to do anything,,,I"m on my own!!!!!) :P:P:)

Yes, I know how y`all feel about them doctors. Sometimes you tell them bout your hairloss problem and then they look at you like you are crazy or something! the doctors always say stuff like"umm
your hair looks healthy, looks fine to me". I mean it can look healthy on
the outside but it still can be wrong in the inside. they don`t take
it seriously!!

i don`t know if you still come on here... but what ever ended up with your hair problem? did you figure out what was wrong?

Hello Again,
Sorry i have'nt posted in such a long time. I had a problem with my computer and it wouldn't allow me to post anything!! :)

Here , I have gone to the doctor several times for my hairloss. A couple tests were done for thyroid, blood, and urine. They said everything was normal.* The thing is they don't try to help me find the cause of my hairloss. If I say that it might be my thyroid, they will check my thyroid. If I say it might be my blood they will check my blood. Then it ends there. No more help.

I've only seen one good doctor and he said that I definitly have a hairloss problem. But he hasn't been in his office ever since I seen him the first time.

I've decided to wait until I go back to USA to see a doctor. I'm sure they will find the cause of my hairloss. I still have to get these two knots on my stomach checked out. One is in the area around my ovary and the other is below my ribcage on the opposite side. ( I hope it's not a tumor or something like that.)



I may go back to usa this year sometime. And I will keep you updated on my results.!

thanks for your concern. :):):)

self treating thyroid disease can be soooo dangerous.

Hi,

You should go and consult with doctor before completely hair loss. You may consult with newdoctor.com and take the advice.

Take Care
Fedric Levenson2010-04-19 00:44:06