10 Skin Signs of LOW THYROID (Skin Signs of Hypothyroidism) 2024

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I'm going to talk to an attorney. I went to the doctor with my whole body blown up. Swelling in both legs, I couldn't bend my knees, swollen face, eyebrows thin, hair falling out, extremely fatigued, could barely function and very scard and was gaslighted. He wouldn't listen. He kept saying for the high Cholesterol I'm going to prescribe Lipator. I finally got diagnosed by a Homeopath.

1. dry skin overall 2. pale skin 3. nails: brittle, thick and slow to grow 4. hair: thin, brittle and slow to grow 5. thickening of the skin on the palms and soles 6. losing the outer part of the eyebrows 7. facial swelling 8. slow wound healing 9. cracking of the skin on the palms toes and fingers 10. decrease of sweating

1. Dry skin. Itching w/o a rash. 2. Pale skin and often a yellowish tint. 3. changes in your nails, Brittle and thicker and slow growing. 4. Thinning, brittle, hair. 5. Thickening of the skin on the palms and soles. 6. Outer 1/3 of the eyebrows is gone. 7. Facial swelling. 8. Slow wound healing. 9. Cracked soles or palms. 10. Decreased sweating. 11. you're welcome!

I was diagnosed in 1989 as hypothyroid. Dr started me on Armour thyroid and it worked pretty good. Years later Dr switched me to Synthroid and I noticed an immediate difference, much more sluggish and tired. I did some reading and found Armour has both T3 and T 4 where Synthroid utilizes only T3. I got my Dr to switch me back and it has been much better for me.

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I had EVERY symptom of hypothyroidism...not just one or two...all. I went to four different Dr's...all of which said - Nothing is wrong with you -.....but I knew something was wrong. I didn't know what though. Honestly, at first I just thought I had some kind of severe skin condition...I would get mosquito like welps all over my body and I had no idea where they were coming from. I was freezing ALL the time. I was losing chunks of hair and yes, my eyebrows too....I went from 97Ibs to 137Ibs and I eat like a bird. I'm very active as well. Eventually after going to Dr to Dr and being told nothing was wrong...I gave up and assumed I was a hypochondriac. A month later my face starts tingling...every movement I make it tingles. Then goes numb. Eventually it's my hands and feet...I could even feel the tingle in my teeth...so I go back to the Dr. telling myself this is the last time. FINALLY, someone found it. I didn't have hypothyroidism...but I was close. I had a damaged Pituitary Gland. Took 5 doctors to find that.

I was born with hypothyroidism in 1957. At the age of 18 months old, I was still doing the same thing I was doing at 6 months of age. People said I was a Mongoloid (retarded). My dad took me to an Army doctor he knew during WWII and he diagnosed me. I remember my mom saying if I didn't take my pills (at that time the only pills for this condition was Armor Thyroid) I would go into a coma and die. I am now 66 years of age and I thank God and that doctor for every day that I am alive. Back then this condition was not very well known. Today I take Synthroid (not generic) brand of medication.

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Aside from skin problems, another major sign of hypothyroidism is depression. I was treated for depression for about a year before getting my thyroid diagnosis. My psychiatrist, at the time, told me that the first thing doctors are supposed to do when a patient complains of depression is to check the patient's thyroid. I had complained of "mood swings", so got put on Prozac. Needless to say, all these years later, I no longer see the shrink, changed family doctors, finally got referred to an endocrinologist, am off the Prozac and life goes on. I still have very dry skin all over my body. I did find that a vitamin D supplement helped with the skin issues.

I have half thyroid and been hypo for 20 years. I’m so SICK of labs not matching my symptoms. And YES, I eat healthy and NO, I’m not depressed. When my labs are high, I feel great. When they lower my Rx mg, I feel like crap- BUT my labs are fine. It happens all the time and I can’t take it anymore! Doctors diagnose me based on Labs alone and don’t listen to me. They just put their blinders on and adjust my meds so that my labs will look better. And every single time they lower my mg to make my lab results better, I TANK. I’m freaking exhausted to the point where it interrupts my life. I wish I can find an endocrinologist who actually HAS hypothyroid so they can relate and truly understand.

My heels were so badly cracked and painful when I was overweight, had high blood pressure and addicted to sugar. Now I reversed it all and my heels are healed and beautiful.

I've had dry, scaly skin and thin eyebrows since I can remember. I've never had land done but my mom has always had issues with her thyroid so much so hers was taken out. An optometrist is the only doctor who ever showed concern over my dry, rough skin.

Getting the dr's to listen to you is a completely different problem.

When I was ~23 yrs old fellow graduate student looked at my nails and asked how I felt. After I told her, she said the thought I might be hypothyroidic and had me go to her endocrinologist who confirmed I was hypothyroidic. However, my nails had very thick groves growing from the cuticles to the tips of my nails. Since I was 14, I had been complaining about feeling tired, not as alert (& I was a smart child) and gaining weight even though I wasn't eating much (~1000 calories/day). My GP told me that my life was becoming more complicated and that's the reason I was getting so tired. I suffered w/hypothyroidism for over 10 yrs before a friend got me the help I needed!

Straight to the point with facts!!!

Thank you for the info Dr. Berry, I didn't realize there were so many symptoms of hypothyroidism. Also, I appreciate you schooling me on what I need my doctor to check during my next lab workup.

I went from 2012 until 2018 with undiagnosed hypothyroidism. Well let's say it had been diagnosed but not revealed to me. In 2011-2012 I had inoperable stage IV throat cancer. The only treatment regimen available was grueling chemotherapy and radiation. Long story short, the radiation beaming thru my head to hit the cancer on my right tonsil and on my palate all but destroyed my thyroid. I was never told that had happened. Finally in 2018 I was able to obtain insurance once again as I had been without since shortly after treatments ended. I had all kinds of delayed medical tests and maintenance done once insurance kicked in. My doctor said "I don't see how you even get out of bed in the morning your thyroid is that seriously low!" The reading was in the 40's. And the other thyroid marker was simultaneously low. When both are present it is a seriously and severe low thyroid. It took a year of experimenting with ever higher doses of medication before my thyroid finally barely went into a normal reading. I went 7 years suffering from brain fog, fatigue, cold chills, depression, weight loss, etc., unnecessarily. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

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I also did not know these were some of the effects of hypothyroidism. Recently I switched from synthroid to armour; this cured my cracked, dry skin.