What are the symptoms of an underactive thyroid condition?
Fluid retention and weight gain, fatigue/lack of energy, feeling cold when other people feel comfortable, yellowing of the skin, coarse dry brittle hair that tends to fall out, a swelling or bulging in the front of the neck, poor balance, constipation, decreased concentration, memory problems, irregular menstrual periods/heavy periods/infertility, muscle aches and pains, high blood cholesterol, slow heart rate, low body temperature, decreased sweating, dryness and coarseness of the skin, slow wound healing, easy bruising, loss of eyebrows near the temples, slowed hair growth (haircuts required less often), brittle and slow growing nails, puffiness of the eyes and the back of the hands and the tops of the feet, shortness of breath, depression.
