what are the side effects of having your thyroid gland removed?
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['Thyroid hormones. If you have all of your thyroid gland removed, your body will no longer produce thyroid hormones. ... ', 'Hoarse voice. The thyroid gland is close to the nerves that control your vocal cords. ... ', 'Change in calcium levels. ... ', 'Neck stiffness. ... ', 'Tiredness and mixed emotions.']
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['swelling in the neck caused by an enlarged thyroid gland, or goiter.', 'nervousness, irritability, mood swings, and decreased concentration.', 'diarrhea.', 'difficulty breathing.', 'fatigue, tiredness, and difficulty sleeping.', 'muscle weakness.', 'hyperactivity.', 'oversensitivity to heat, excessive sweating, and warm, damp skin.']
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['Fatigue. Low thyroid function can result in less energy.', 'Cold intolerance. Slowed-down cells burn less energy, so the body produces less heat. ... ', 'Appetite loss, weight gain. ... ', 'Cardiovascular effects. ... ', 'Mental effects. ... ', 'Other signs and symptoms.']
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Fertility returns when the implant is removed. Some women experience side effects form implants. It is common, but not harmful, to experience changes in menstrual bleeding patterns. Other possible side effects include abdominal pain, headaches, breast tenderness and acne.
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['Feeling tired.', 'Unable to stand cold temperatures.', 'Hoarse voice.', 'Swelling of the face.', 'Weight gain.', 'Constipation.', 'Skin and hair changes, including dry skin and loss of eyebrows.', 'Carpal tunnel syndrome (hand tingling or pain)']
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['Anxiety and irritability.', 'A fine tremor of the hands or fingers.', 'Heat sensitivity and an increase in perspiration or warm, moist skin.', 'Weight loss, despite normal eating habits.', 'Enlargement of the thyroid gland (goiter)', 'Change in menstrual cycles.']
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Your thyroid produces hormones that regulate your heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and weight. Thyroid cancer might not cause any symptoms at first. But as it grows, it can cause pain and swelling in your neck.
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Common side effects These side effects usually go away after you go on to a lower dose of levothyroxine or stop treatment. Common side effects are the same as the symptoms of an overactive thyroid. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if these side effects bother you or don't go away: feeling sick.
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Tell your doctor right away if any of these unlikely but serious effects of high thyroid hormone levels occur: increased sweating, sensitivity to heat, mental/mood changes (such as nervousness, mood swings), tiredness, diarrhea, shaking (tremor), headache, shortness of breath, bone pain, easily broken bones.
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['infection.', 'a build up of fluid at the site you had surgery (seroma)', 'problems with your wound healing.', 'numbness, tingling or pain in the area - this is due to nerve injury.', 'blood clots - more common after removal of lymph nodes in the groin area.', 'scarring.']
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When left untreated, hypothyroidism can raise cholesterol levels and make you more likely to have a stroke or heart attack. In severe cases, very low levels of thyroid hormones can trigger a loss of consciousness and life-threatening drop in body temperature.
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['breast enlargement or pain.', 'acne.', 'a deeper voice.', 'tiredness.', 'hoarseness.', 'back pain.', 'redness, bruising, pain, bleeding, or hardness at the injection site.', 'trouble sleeping or staying awake.']
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Thyroid cancer can cause any of the following signs or symptoms: A lump in the neck, sometimes growing quickly. Swelling in the neck. Pain in the front of the neck, sometimes going up to the ears.
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Too much thyroid medication in hypothyroidism can cause health problems and trigger symptoms like the jitters, anxiety, weight loss, diarrhea and mood swings. Your thyroid hormone needs may change over time.
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One of the symptoms of an underactive thyroid gland is weight gain. So, once you start taking levothyroxine, you may lose weight as your body's hormones rebalance.
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Dysfunction of the thyroid leads to numerous problems including lowered energy levels, increased sensitivity to pain, weight gain, depression and tinnitus. Tinnitus is a very common effect of thyroid dysfunction.
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Other things that can potentially affect the thyroid gland are stress, nutritional deficiencies, glandular fever (it is possible in some cases that the virus causes damage to the thyroid gland), major trauma such as car accidents (e.g whiplash), trauma around the gland itself, for example any major surgery, and ...