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does thyroid cause this too????
So ladies (and gents too), have you noticed that your thyroid condition has given you MORE gray hair? I swear, this year has been terrible on my hair and I am now grayer than ever. Needing to dye my hair more now and new grays seem to be the only thing sprouting these days. Just wanted to know if you all were having this trouble too or if it could even be related to the possessed thyroid I have.
BTW ----- THIS WEEKEND HAS BEEN A PAIN - LITERALLY! My neck stayed huge all weekend and got some burning sensations again. It s*cks to have my thyroid now days.
BTW ----- THIS WEEKEND HAS BEEN A PAIN - LITERALLY! My neck stayed huge all weekend and got some burning sensations again. It s*cks to have my thyroid now days.
LOL!!! Good one Pep! Like I have said before, I am a natural brunette (as long as I keep buying hair dye!)
;P ~ Too funny!
Thanks Totie! I know, I really think they are missing something with me, I really do. There is something more to me. I don't know, just a feeling I guess. I go back for a repeat US October 29. I am planning a call to the doc to see if he will extend the US to all of the front and sides of my neck to check for nodes or whatever and maybe even the carotid artery he dosed me for. I got the Medrol pack, and xanax for that. The swelling started all of this mess.... then the hypo symptoms.... the Armour got control of most of those except the occassional tingles and numbness of the face, arm/hand and feet, but I am left with the swelling and intermittent pain/discomfort on the right side of my neck that comes with very uncomfortable inner throat feelings that something is being pressed or there is a constant contraction of an inner throat muscle or something. I just can't find the words to adequately describe it. I also have one "coarse - knot" feeling node midline in the submandibular gland (I guess it would be between them?) SICK OF IT ALL --- REALLY!
Its just been one of those weekends, ya know - blah blah - whine whine. I was half happy to work yesterday and come to work today!
;P ~ Too funny!
Thanks Totie! I know, I really think they are missing something with me, I really do. There is something more to me. I don't know, just a feeling I guess. I go back for a repeat US October 29. I am planning a call to the doc to see if he will extend the US to all of the front and sides of my neck to check for nodes or whatever and maybe even the carotid artery he dosed me for. I got the Medrol pack, and xanax for that. The swelling started all of this mess.... then the hypo symptoms.... the Armour got control of most of those except the occassional tingles and numbness of the face, arm/hand and feet, but I am left with the swelling and intermittent pain/discomfort on the right side of my neck that comes with very uncomfortable inner throat feelings that something is being pressed or there is a constant contraction of an inner throat muscle or something. I just can't find the words to adequately describe it. I also have one "coarse - knot" feeling node midline in the submandibular gland (I guess it would be between them?) SICK OF IT ALL --- REALLY!
Its just been one of those weekends, ya know - blah blah - whine whine. I was half happy to work yesterday and come to work today!
What grey hair? If I get in for that balayage (color) enough and don't put on my glasses (the ones with the bi-focals in them...another story all together...), I don't even see it. And that's kind of like standing and eating over the sink. If you stand while you eat, there are no calories, right?
In my opinion, ignorance IS bliss, in this case. :-))
In my opinion, ignorance IS bliss, in this case. :-))
My husband 4 years ago had his first tsh test..came back hypo..been on synthroid ever since...but he turned gray before he was out of high school and he is now 45 yrs old.
so he could of had this for a long time.
Im hyper and have no gray hair..although Ive noticed thinning.
so he could of had this for a long time.
Im hyper and have no gray hair..although Ive noticed thinning.
I have severe vitiligo that is still spreading and consumed 70% of my body including ..turning my hair white. I have learned to deal with it growing up and successfull with cosmetically covering ( sunless tanning lotion, and hair dye works wonders)...my new dr did not believe that I have vitiligo so now this next apt I have to go in al ' natural *shudders*.
I do not understand why they will not remove the thyroid gland if it is obviously swelling. The pain is a BIG FACTOR to me and my doctor on my current situation with my gland (not thyroid-already removed that one) being removed. How can they just tell you to deal with the pain....It just does not make any sense to me.
Please make sure there is not anything else growing since your last CT/Ultrasound of the neck. In May my mass (lymph node, lesion) they are not sure what it is had grown in size when i had it redone. I actually had 2 ct scans, MRI, and two ultrasounds (Since May) and they kept telling me there is not any reason it should be hurting, nor was it visible from the outside. When i had the last ultrasound done whatever it is is growing and it is more painful, that is why they are not even going to bother with a biopsy until after it is out. They are removing the submandibular gland along with the mass. The only other symptoms i have had is a white tongue, but my doctor says now she thinks it is burning mouth syndrome. I have been on antibotics for it since mid July and i still have it. Not pleasant at all. Burns when i eat.
I just hope they are not missing anything on you, you have been in pain for so long. It could be another gland. You know they once told me to I had that inflammation of the artieries by my neck and put me on predisone, but it did not work, because that is not why it was hurting, it was a mass, and the submandibular gland. Just don't let them have you suffer so needlessly......
Please make sure there is not anything else growing since your last CT/Ultrasound of the neck. In May my mass (lymph node, lesion) they are not sure what it is had grown in size when i had it redone. I actually had 2 ct scans, MRI, and two ultrasounds (Since May) and they kept telling me there is not any reason it should be hurting, nor was it visible from the outside. When i had the last ultrasound done whatever it is is growing and it is more painful, that is why they are not even going to bother with a biopsy until after it is out. They are removing the submandibular gland along with the mass. The only other symptoms i have had is a white tongue, but my doctor says now she thinks it is burning mouth syndrome. I have been on antibotics for it since mid July and i still have it. Not pleasant at all. Burns when i eat.
I just hope they are not missing anything on you, you have been in pain for so long. It could be another gland. You know they once told me to I had that inflammation of the artieries by my neck and put me on predisone, but it did not work, because that is not why it was hurting, it was a mass, and the submandibular gland. Just don't let them have you suffer so needlessly......
OMG... for the last few weeks, this has been on my mind a lot!!!! I find I am obsessed now with standing in front of the mirror plucking at least 6 grays a day... a lot seem to be localized to one section of my head too, the top right side. I am 29 and recently found out I have Hashimoto's.
I've also noticed a lot of people who DON'T have thyroid problems going prematurely gray too!
It may be our genetics, our mostly processed food diets or our stress levels in today's world???
Just a thought. :)
It may be our genetics, our mostly processed food diets or our stress levels in today's world???
Just a thought. :)
Thankfully, my eyebrows have not bee affected with the gray yet but the top of my head is getting A LOT and oddly enough on either side of the front (you know, what people call baby hair right where the forehead stops) is mostly gray.
It is very interesting that Graves Disease is associated with gray and left handed as I am fitting both of those now!!!!
Sigh, sigh & SIGH ---- I still don't have a diagnosis. I have had the tpoab and the tgab and neither popped up. At limit (<20 for tgab) and under (<10) for tpoab.
I've been on a steady progression of gray since about 20 but NOW it is just getting ridiculous!
It is very interesting that Graves Disease is associated with gray and left handed as I am fitting both of those now!!!!
Sigh, sigh & SIGH ---- I still don't have a diagnosis. I have had the tpoab and the tgab and neither popped up. At limit (<20 for tgab) and under (<10) for tpoab.
I've been on a steady progression of gray since about 20 but NOW it is just getting ridiculous!
I would welcome the grey if it meant I was getting my hair back.
I always had thick long hair, and it is so thin now. (sigh)
I always had thick long hair, and it is so thin now. (sigh)
when I was doing tons of research on graves disease i read a few articles that said a higher than average number of people with graves have premature gray hair and are left handed. i fit into both of those categories. my sister and i were both getting gray in our 20's.
Oh yeah -
I have really thick eyebrows too and if I do not pluck them (certain one) I swear they grow over night and I could comb them into my hair line if I wanted to.
They are grey ones. White as snow and as thick as a horse tail -- I swear.
I have really thick eyebrows too and if I do not pluck them (certain one) I swear they grow over night and I could comb them into my hair line if I wanted to.
They are grey ones. White as snow and as thick as a horse tail -- I swear.
Yes -- Yes and yes Kim
It is a know advanced aging situation having thyroid disease.
I swear I looked 30 @40 and now after all the hell - I look 50 @ 43
I wrinkled under the eyes pretty bad - From what I know - I have little grey hair - but I am a blond naturally.
It is a know advanced aging situation having thyroid disease.
I swear I looked 30 @40 and now after all the hell - I look 50 @ 43
I wrinkled under the eyes pretty bad - From what I know - I have little grey hair - but I am a blond naturally.
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