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It's quite more prevalent in women than in men, and it's quite rare for young people. Mine has been detected at age 24 (I'm a male) after a palpation by the co
by epsylon 13y ago
It's quite more prevalent in women than in men, and it's quite rare for young people.
Mine has been detected at age 24 (I'm a male) after a palpation by the company works doctor who found the thyroid slighlty abnormal. Confirmed by echography and blood tests. There are genetic predispositions though, my mother suffers from the same thing.
- ahoyhere 13y ago> it's quite rare for young people Some doctors/researchers believe that hypothyroid (typically caused by Hashi's) is not rare in young people at all (or adults!), but merely underdiagnosed. Alleged symptoms of youth hypothyroidism include constant and recurring ear/nose/throat and upper respiratory infections, severe allergies, fatigue, sensitivity to cold, slow healing, etc. I was recently diagnosed with low thyroid (not specifically hashi's but, again, probably) and had 100% of those symptoms (and many others) for my entire life. I nearly died as a child from asthma and have had constant sinus and lung issues since. Since I've been on a very low dose of thyroid medication, the "allergy shiners" that I've had since I was 2 years old have disappeared… in a week.