Today's Sun newspaper Don't Blame Your Thyroid

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Hi All

Hubby's just brought home an article he found in a work colleague's Sun

newspaper (...we aren't Sun readers!) from " Dr 's medical

column " . It goes as follows:

I have an underactive thyroid and so I take 75mcg of thyroxine per

day. I still feel lousy with joint aches and tiredness, but a blood

test for my thyroid is now OK, and my GP won't increase the dose.

Can you help?

LUCHESA, by email

Dr 's reply:

An underactive thyroid can make you feel rotten, though often, it

causes no symptoms at all - typically, it's discovered on

some " routine " blood tests.

A blood sample should show whether you're on the right dose of

thyroxine.

If so, your symptoms almost certainly have nothing to do with your

thyroid - there must be some other cause. So, I suggest you have

another chat with your GP. (ends)

Apparently, Dr can be contacted by email at drkeith@....

Pen x