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2. Hypothyroidism - Wikipedia

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   Once the adequate replacement dose has been established, the tests can be repeated after 6 and then 12 months, unless there is a change in symptoms. [8] Normalization of TSH does not mean that other abnormalities associated with hypothyroidism improve entirely, such as elevated cholesterol levels. [64]

3. Common thyroid drug levothyroxine linked to bone mass loss - AOL

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   This in turn causes the thyroid to produce T3 and T4, which play a role in the aforementioned processes. ... Low levels of thyroid hormones can lead to symptoms including fatigue, weight gain ...

4. Thyroid disease - Wikipedia

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   TSH levels are determined by a classic negative feedback system in which high levels of T3 and T4 suppress the production of TSH, and low levels of T3 and T4 increase the production of TSH. TSH levels are thus often used by doctors as a screening test, where the first approach is to determine whether TSH is elevated, suppressed, or normal. [25]

5. Thyroid-stimulating hormone - Wikipedia

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   Thyroid-stimulating hormone (also known as thyrotropin, thyrotropic hormone, or abbreviated TSH) is a pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland to produce thyroxine (T 4), and then triiodothyronine (T 3) which stimulates the metabolism of almost every tissue in the body. [1]

6. Iodine deficiency - Wikipedia

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   A low amount of thyroxine (one of the two thyroid hormones) in the blood, due to lack of dietary iodine to make it, gives rise to high levels of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), which stimulates the thyroid gland to increase many biochemical processes; the cellular growth and proliferation can result in the characteristic swelling or hyperplasia of the thyroid gland or goiter.

7. Thyroiditis - Wikipedia

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   These symptoms include weight loss, irritability, anxiety, insomnia, fast heart rate, and fatigue. Elevated levels of thyroid hormone in the bloodstream cause both conditions, but thyrotoxicosis is the term used with thyroiditis since the thyroid gland is not overactive, as in the case of hyperthyroidism.

8. Congenital hypothyroidism - Wikipedia

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   Around the world, the most common cause of congenital hypothyroidism is iodine deficiency, but in most of the developed world and areas of adequate environmental iodine, cases are due to a combination of known and unknown causes. Most commonly there is a defect of development of the thyroid gland itself, resulting in an absent (athyreosis) or ...

9. Cold hands are common in winter. When are they a sign of a ...

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   Or cold hands that come with other symptoms, such as joint pain, a new rash, weight loss, night sweats (as seen in connective tissue/autoimmune diseases), pallor, weakness, shortness of breath ...