According to statistics, women suffer from thyroid diseases more often. The problem is that the symptoms in this case, it is not obvious, and they can be mistaken for anything: the fatigue, the effects of overeating, stress. But if the disease is not timely detected and not treated, they can lead to very serious consequences. Here are 10 signs that your thyroid may be out of order.                     

The thyroid gland is located in the front of the neck, in front of the trachea, and resembles a butterfly in shape. The task of the thyroid gland is the synthesis of three types of hormones that affect almost all the organs and systems of your body, so it is very important to recognize the problem in time. There are several diseases of the thyroid gland, but most often there are those associated with the synthesis of hormones. Hypothyroidism is a lack of hormones, and hyperthyroidism (or thyrotoxicosis) is an overabundance. And then the other condition is dangerous for your health. If you find any of                         of these signs – contact your endocrinologist. A blood test for thyroid hormones will immediately reveal the problem.   

Your skin is dry and pale 

And this problem is not solved either by careful care, or by taking vitamins. Pay special attention to your elbows: the skin there is very thin and reacts to changes in hormonal levels instantly. Dry skin is one of the signs of hypothyroidism. If the disease is not treated, it will become drier and begin to thicken.             

Do your hair fall out and break nails  

If your hair became dry, like straw, brittle and began to fall out, most likely a problem in the thyroid gland. Of course, hair loss is also associated with stress, but in this case, their condition does not deteriorate much and is not accompanied by fragility of both hair and nails. This is also a sign of hypothyroidism, and if you do not start hormone therapy, you can lose half of your hair.                       

The nature of your menstruation has changed

And it does not matter in which direction. If your period suddenly became protracted, painful, or very profuse, this is quite often a sign of hypothyroidism. If, on the contrary, they began to “come” less often, and the discharge became completely scarce, hyperthyroidism is possible. Both conditions are dangerous , including for those planning a pregnancy. Conception will be difficult or impossible (and subsequently these diseases can lead to infertility). If pregnancy occurs, with hyperthyroidism a miscarriage, a frozen pregnancy and even stillbirth are very likely . With hypothyroidism, the central nervous system of the fetus will develop in conditions of hormone deficiency, since in the first months the thyroid gland of the fetus does not function, but develops only due to maternal hormones, and this can lead to congenital malformations.                              

Do you not on that there is no force    

You constantly feel tired. You come home from work and fall on the sofa in such a condition as if you unloaded the cars for 12 hours in a row, although earlier after work you had time to easily go shopping, go to yoga and clean up in the apartment. You sleep the prescribed number of hours (or even more), but you still get up completely broken and sleepy. You feel like it’s hard to wear your own body. This is a sign of hypothyroidism.                      

Do you have problems with concentrating  

If you start to forget a lot, feel, do not you can not on what to focus on, not in a position to think clearly, and is thought of as if “through the wool,” slowly and clearly – it can be a symptom of hypothyroidism.              

You ca n’t lose weight  

At the same time, the excess weight seemed to come from nowhere: you can’t say that you “went into a bite” or you were suddenly pulled for sweets and now you eat two croissants a day in addition to the main diet. No, you’re “just recovered”, but to lose weight is not obtained, even if at you long enough strength to fitness and attention to the control of power. The fact is that with hypothyroidism, your metabolism slows down, and you get fatter, even if nothing changes in your lifestyle , but you ca n’t lose weight .                                 

You lost weight dramatically 

With hyperthyroidism, metabolism is accelerated. This means that you literally have a horse appetite, you eat everything that is not pinned, but at the same time you are losing weight. There is very little pleasant in this, because the heart rate also accelerates. Shortness of breath, tremors and persistent tachycardia appear.            

Do you problems with mood swings  

And when it falls down, it’s not the blues anymore , but the real depression, and you are probably thinking about going to a psychotherapist. But periods of depression are replaced by a nervous state – not necessarily even negative: everything just annoys you , you react unusually sharply to everything. An alarm always accompanies the background: you are worried about any reason, and if there is no reason, it arises in your head yourself. I got on the bus – I remembered the statistics of the accident – I began to imagine all the possible nightmares on the road. This condition provokes hyperthyroidism. The mental manifestations of hyperthyroidism can be so pronounced that they resemble the clinical picture of anxiety disorder.                             

Do you have a problem with a chair  

Frequent constipation or, on the contrary, diarrhea that occurs for no reason against the background of a usual diet can be a sign of an excess or lack of thyroid hormones.      

You’re always too hot or too cold

With a violation of the synthesis of hormones, the thermoregulation of the body is also disturbed : with hyperthyroidism, you are always too hot, even in the cold. With hypothyroidism, you can feel cold, even sitting in a warm sweater near a hot battery.