Anyone w/ hypothyroidism...sm
Posted By: Wondering on 2006-03-12
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Hiya,
I've been hypo for about 10 years and have always had a large thyroid gland. For the past 10 days, I was getting tingling sensations in my face, heads and hands. Finally broke down and went to a doc. Now, my regular doctor is out of the country, so I went to a doc I am unfamiliar with. She seemed pretty convinced that the reason for the tingling was the enlargement of my thyroid gland creating pressure on a nerve.
This sounds reasonable, as I had already self-diagnosed (you know how we MTs are about these things!) as some type of nerve issue because it goes away if I lie down for a while, etc.
Has anyone ever experienced anything similar to this? Of note, my dose of Levoxyl was cut in half about 3 months ago. I'm slated to have a thyroid profile done this week. Thanks for any input!
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I have hypothyroidism/Hasimoto's disease going on about 4 years now. I only get enlargement of the gland when I get a throat infection or virus for some reason. I never had it rest against a nerve though.
If I were you, I would see your regular doctor when he or she comes back since they know your history. Is your physician a Endocrinologist? Because I know sometimes a PCP will take care of this also.
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I've been diagnosed hypothyroidism for almost 40 years and been on replacement. I have never had the tingling you are speaking of - but my thyroid gland is barely enlarged at all. It simply quit working in my late teens - no goiter, no disease, no tumor, it just quit working.
It sounds like you and new MD have it figured out - good luck with your thyroid profile. Keep us posted, please?
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