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What causes muscle weakness, aches and pains with my overactive thyroid?

April 26, 2017aches causes muscle overactive pains Thyroid weakness

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What causes muscle weakness, aches and pains with my overactive thyroid?

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When there is too much thyroid hormone circulating in the blood, it tends to hasten the normal breaking-down process of the muscle fibres to a faster rate than they can be replaced. The muscles in response become weaker, and this is most noticeable in the thighs and shoulders.