subject: One Possible Reason Why You Are Losing Your Hair [print this page] Have you been wondering why you have been losing your hair? Every time you brush your hair, do you notice more hair piling up in your hair brush? Are you noticing that you're gaining weight lately, even though you've been careful not to over indulge in carbohydrates and sweets, and you've been working out at the gym? Have you been depressed lately and experiencing migraine headaches? If you do have some of these symptoms, you might need to go to the doctor and get some tests done to find out if you have a disease called Hashimoto's disease.
This disease causes both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. Most of those who have thyroid problems, have one or the other, not both. If you have hypothyroidism, you gain weight and are tired most of the time. Your thyroid is slow. But if you have hyperthyroidism, you have a thyroid that works overtime. It's totally the opposite. With Hashimoto's Disease, it can create hormone imbalances that cause the body to be very confused.
What can you do if you suspect you have this disease? You need to go to the doctor, tell the doctor what your symptoms are and what you suspect could be the problem. Tests can be done to examine your blood and find if you do have this disease.
If it is prognosis that you do have Hashimoto's disease or at least hypothyroid disease, you can be treated to relieve the symptoms. Usually a doctor will either prescribe thyroid hormone replacement agents such as Levothyroxine or Dessicated Thyroid Extract. But the good news is that your symptoms should disappear and you can live a normal life after that. You are not ever really cured, so you can't stop taking the prescribed medicine.
The thing you have to pay attention to and remember is that if you do have either hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism you need to get yourself tested and take your medication. If you go for an extended time without taking your medication, your muscles could deteriorate or you could have a heart attack. So be diligent if you are one who had this disease and take your medication as it was prescribed.
Otherwise, you'll live a perfectly normal life, and your hair will come back and stop falling out when you take your medication. That is unless you're a male who has the family inheritance of balding, then that's another case for another kind of doctor.
