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My 14 year old daughter has been diagnosed with an underactive thyroid and suffers terribly with her periods. Are the two related?

April 26, 2017daughter diagnosed periods suffers terribly Thyroid underactive year

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My 14 year old daughter has been diagnosed with an underactive thyroid and suffers terribly with her periods. Are the two related?

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In teenage girls that have reached puberty and suffer with an underactive thyroid, their periods may become heavy, irregular and painful. This should start to ease and become less painful and regular with proper thyroxine replacement therapy.