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could facial swelling be from lack of thyroid hormones

by pam1953, Jun 13, 2009 04:38PM
Tags: facial, liver
facial swelling could cause of this be lack of thyroid replacement? or is it more likely due to allergice rx...  Eos are only 1 which would seem to be an indication of no allergy issues.....liver enzymes are elevated and cholesterol elevated...
I get facial swelling off and on....don;t know cause of it......have a fatty liver  i am told.....have lots of allergies.....
can't figgure out the cause of recent gain in weight and facial swelling
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by mtkst13, Jun 14, 2009 10:00PM
To: pam1953
facial swelling is probably from thyroid issues.  what are your tsh, free t3, free t4 with ref ranges?  how are you feeling otherwise?

by Smilerdeb, Jun 15, 2009 06:33AM
I had facial swelling when Hypo.....
I also had leg and ankle swelling really bad when Hypo.
Get yr labs done with the FT3, FT4 and TSH tested and also ask for antibody testing to be done at the same time for Graves Disease and Hashimoto.
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