Thyroid gland:
sometimes the patient suggests he has lost weight, his weight does not remain constant despite not being on a slimming diet or feeling ill or depressed or whatever...
Questions arise from that loss of weight and the doctor asks..
-Do your clothes feel looser? Have you lost weight ?
-Have you a good appetite ?
-Has your appetite increased ?
-Has your appetite remained unchanged ?
Do you have nausea ? (= do you feel like vomiting ?)
Have you diarrhea ?
Are you loosing the same amount of blood during your periods ? or more, or less ?
Do you sleep well ?
Do you have muscle weakness, cramps ?
Do you feel irritable?
Do you get a tremor of the hands ?
Do you complain of intolerance to cold weather ? or to hot weather ?
Do you sweat a lot? or very little ?
Have you ever noticed a lump in your neck ?
Do you ever fell palpitations=Do you feel your heart beat fast and strong ?
How long does the attacks of palpitations last ?
How long have you been complaining of palpitations ?
How often do you get them ?
All these symptoms can be related to dysfunction of the thyroid gland: when the thyroid is hyperactive the patient does not sleep well, he feels warm, complains of intolerance to hot weather, has a tremor of the hands, sweat a lot, feels palpitations, suffer from diarrhea, looses weight;
on the contrary, when the thyroid is hypoactive (hypothyroidism) , the patient suffers from constipation, feels cold, weak, and limp, feels like he has no stamina; he puts weight on.
QUIZ
a People with underactive thyroid puts weight on, feels cold; people who have a thyroid that is not functioning well, =hypothyroidism, =underactive thyroid; gain weight, feel cold, and sometimes depressed and sluggish (mou; lent)
b Patients who lose weight without any explanation, who feel nervous all the time, eat a lot and feel hungry, are likely suffering from heart problems such as tachycardia or arrhythmia.
c A patient whose thyroid gland can be checked by the physician because the patient says he feels like there is something wrong with his neck, maybe there is a lump, a tumor....that patient must have echoscan and have his hormons checked as well.
Because anyone can develop a cyst in their thyroid gland and this cyst can interfere with the functioning of the gland; it can produce thyroid hormones even.
(la grammaire anglaise est ainsi faite que un pluriel suit un singulier: anyone can develop a cyst in their thyroid gland ; est correct et les exemples sont nombreux et quotidiens...
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