Patients with thyroid diseases often need education and support to help them cope, especially when it is a newly diagnosed patient. By educating and supporting patients, they learn to better cope with their disease.

Here´s an article to help you prepare for taking the "Types of Hypothyroidism" quiz. Once you´re through reading it, you´ll find the link to the quiz at the end of the article. Have fun!

Weight gain is a symptom of hypothyroidism and is a result of a slowed down metabolism but what about "treated" hypothyroid patients who still report having this problem? Are they imagining this problem or is it possible that weight control remains difficult even with treated hypothyroidism?

Peripheral Neuropathy, is a condition affecting nerves in the body. The cause of this disorder, can be endocrine disorders, such as thyroid disease and diabetes but can also originate from neurological disorders in the brain. What symptoms of this disorder do thyroid patients report experiencing?

Hair loss is one of those symptoms that can be of special concern to thyroid patients. No one wants to believe they are losing all of their hair. This symptom can be one of many intial symptoms indicating thyroid disease but it can also be a temporary side effect of thyroid hormone therapy.

In this article I discuss the sometimes hard to address subject of libido (sex dive) and the effect thyroid disease can have on this area of a patient's life. Deecreased libido can be concerning and depressing to a thyroid patient. Fortunately thyroid hormone therapy & other treatments can help!

When a treated thyroid patient experiences unresolved symptoms but they are recieving adequate treatment for their thyroid condition, this would indicate the need to discuss blood testing for possible related conditions, with their doctor.

Have you ever stood up from seated or lying down, only to experience a strange sensation of lightheadness, dizzyness and as if you might possibly faint? If you have, you are not alone. This phenomenon called "Othostatic Hypotention" is common, in people with endocrine disorders (e.i. thyroid).

A case of severe hives/rash, also known as "chronic uticaria", can be a signal indicating development of autoimmune thyroid disease. Published medical research concludes the need to blood test patients with the onset of uticaria, for thyroid function and antibodies that cause thyroid disease.

It is believed by many doctors, that thyroid patients will only experience anxiety as a symptom, when they have hyperthyroidism. Medical research articles state that "thyroid autoimmunity" can potentially cause chronic anxiety in patients who also have hypothyroidism.