What is Thyroid disease and what causes it?
Can thyroid desease cause weight gain? if so how and why?
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- Former Medical Assistant
Hypothyroid myself
- YA know I wish people would look stuff up - not even 15 questions ago someone asked about Thyroid problems.
Hypothyroid - most common type is where your thyroid does not produce enough TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) which in turn causes dry skin, weight gain, irregular periods, and body temperature differences among many other things.
They don't know what causes it, but you must take a synthetic TSH replacement for it, like levithroid or synthroid or levithyroxine.. etc..
You must get the dosage just right, and your doctor may need to see you several times to ensure you are on the correct dose.