The content of this podcast is provided for general informational purposes only and is not intended as,

nor should it be considered a substitute for professional medical advice.

Sweatty and hisiss, sweaty and Piss, Manapause makes me sweaty and Piss.

Hello sweaty and Piss listeners, this is Karen Nickel, nurse practitioner in for a sweaty and pissed, menopause and more.

And I am here with another listener question.

This one about hypothyroidism. Our listener on our Facebook page asked how we identify hypothyroidism, what some of the symptoms are, and if we could just talk more about that disease process, which I'm happy to do for you. Before we get started, I do want to remind you that we have merchandise for you now with our sweaty and piss logo and we have several things

from which to choose including socks and fanny packs and leggings and t-shirts and backpacks and tots and lots of things.

I do have had a listener already asked if we had compression stockings on the website and we are

working on that. We do have socks and they're pretty cute, but we are going to work on getting some compression stockings on the website for you.

So to hypothyroidism, when someone has low thyroid levels, it causes a generalized slowing of metabolic processes.

Thyroid hormone regulates metabolism of every cell in your body.

So when thyroid hormone levels are low,

the list of possible symptoms one can have

is very long.

I'm gonna go through the effects that low thyroid hormone levels have on most of our

symptoms of our body. Abnormality is that can develop with low thyroid include fatigue, slow movement, slow speech,

cold intolerance, constipation, weight gain, delayed tendon reflexes, and a slowed heart rate.

Low thyroid hormone levels can also cause changes in tissues

that lead to coarse hair and skin, a py face, enlargement of the tongue, and hoarseness.

So the enlargement of the tongue makes people feel like they have difficulty forming words, and they feel that their tongue is too big and

their words sort of get stuck in their mouth.

And then the vocal hoarseness is a fairly common finding I see with low thyroid levels.

...