5 Signs of Hypothyroidism, Plus How To Find Symptom Relief

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Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

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🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Getting the right diagnosis of any condition is critical in order to heal. With thyroid conditions, 30-60% of patients have been incorrectly diagnosed and are instructed to take lifelong medication. Not only does this lead someone down the wrong path, but it also often leaves them with unresolved symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, and anxiety. In this video, I break down the five most reliable signs of hypothyroidism, offer what to do about a positive and negative thyroid test, and how to find true relief of symptoms.

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0:00.0	What are the five most reliable signs that you could be hypothyroid?
0:05.5	What are the signs that are not accurate and you should be wary of?
0:09.8	Getting this right is crucially important because recent evidence has found that 30 to 60% of
0:16.0	patients have been incorrectly diagnosed, meaning they've been told they need lifelong thyroid hormone
0:23.5	medication when they don't. Getting this right is very important. This is Dr. Michael Rucho, and let's jump in.
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0:54.9	The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease.
1:01.6	Please do not apply any of this information without first speaking with your doctor.
1:05.7	Now, let's head to the show.
1:08.3	The reliable markers that suggest you could be hypothyroid are as follows.
1:14.3	Tiredness exhibited in roughly 80% of individuals. Dry skin exhibited between 60 and 70% of individuals.
1:24.2	Mood imbalance is depression, anxiety, and about 45% of individuals.
1:29.5	Cold intolerance in about 60% of individuals and hair loss in roughly 30% of individuals.
1:37.5	Additionally, difficulty swallowing, perhaps due to inflammation in the thyroid gland itself, has been found in roughly 30% of patients, and also, as you may have heard before, weight gain.
1:53.5	One analysis found that 54% of those with hypothyroidism had weight gain. It's also important to clarify that those with hypothyroidism had weight gain.
2:01.6	It's also important to clarify that those with low thyroid
2:06.5	had a weight gain of roughly 15 pounds.
2:11.3	So important to clarify this is a significant amount of weight gain.
2:16.5	And when starting thyroid hormone replacement therapy, estimates average in about
2:23.4	eight pounds of weight loss can be expected.
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