What are the symptoms and signs of low thyroid?
Low thyroid symptoms and signs include cold hands and feet, chronic fatigue, poor exercise tolerance, mental slowness, slow speech, constipation, the wearing of warm clothes when others do not, general aches and pains, hair loss, dry skin, chronic sinus problems, recurrent bronchitis and even depression. Other signs that the low thyroid state exist are the enlarged thyroid, dark circles under the eyes, puffy eyes, slow pulse, slow speech, and elevated cholesterol. Finally, a history of irregular, heavy, or extremely painful menses is often caused by a sub clinical low thyroid – a condition of thyroid disease, which is accompanied by just borderline levels of thyroid hormone.
