Posted by spike4848 on December 30, 2001, at 14:32:32
In reply to Low thyroid function causing muscle pain ?, posted by ben on December 30, 2001, at 9:57:03
> I have muscle pains/weakness in the limbs (arms and legs), cold hands and nervus ulnaris probs.
> Could this be related to hypothyroidism ? My doc checked the achilles tendon reflexe which was slow.Yeap, those are symptoms of classic hypothyroidism. The reflex is called, "hung up reflex" ... people with hypothyroidism have a slow relaxtion phase of the deep tendon reflexes. Also the perception of coldness, weakness is common. These are all from decrease metabolism. You may or may not notice weight gain, apathy, swelling of the legs .... pretibial edema, loss of the outer third of the eyebrow, orbital swelling.
Time to get aboard the synthroid train.
Spike
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