This gland is associated with almost all processes of our body and, therefore, when your activity increases or decreases are significant problems. Learn more about these conditions that affect women more than men.
The thyroid is the perfect shield for many overweight people, because this gland that you blame your metabolism (the process which is responsible for the utilization of nutrients) is slow, when in fact the cause of obesity lies elsewhere.
The thyroid itself may act for the person to gain a few pounds, but this occurs in low percentage of cases. Perhaps this idea came about because the hormones that control stem from the time it carried out the chemical functions of the body (metabolic rate), and are involved in virtually everything that happens in the human body: muscle growth and hair type skin and nails, movement of organs, bone health ... and almost everything you imagine.
To know the conditions that result from this tiny two-inch gland located in the central part of the neck who states that the most common problem associated with this body is hypothyroidism (low thyroid activity). Most cases occur in adulthood, between 35 and 50 years of age.
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When the thyroid produces low amount of thyroid hormones (hypothyroidism), the body tends to be general decay. In this regard, as the symptoms are subtle and gradual, is confused with other illnesses such as depression, for example. However, there are signs that can help diagnose because patients have coarse facial expression, eyelids tend to fall, eyes and face swell or bulge, voice hoarse and speech is slow.
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