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Thyroid Health Screener

December 5, 2014 By @ThyroidClinic

The thyroid is a gland of the endocrine system. The thyroid gland is found in the neck, below the thyroid cartilage (which forms the laryngeal prominence or Adam’s apple). It is responsible for the regulation of thyroid hormones thyroxine (T4) and thriiodothyronine (T3) that play a large role in the proper conversion of calories and oxygen to energy, called metabolism. For persons with a thyroid hormone problem, there may be an impairment of the structure of the thyroid, the function of the thyroid or pituitary gland.

This thyroid health screener tests some of the common symptoms and risk factors for thyroid disease. It is not a diagnostic tool and should not be used in place of professional, medical advice. The reported symptoms of thyroid diseases are common complaints of many illnesses. If you are concerned about your health or your results from this test, make an appointment to speak to your General Practitioner.

  1. What is your gender?
    Answer 1

  2. Do you have any family or personal history of thyroid conditions, goiter, nodules, or even what your family may have described generically as glandular problems?
    Answer 2

  3. Do you regularly consume soy foods or regularly use soy products, such as soy protein, soy capsules, soy powders, soy creams, soy smoothies?
    Answer 3

  4. Do you take iodine, a vitamin with iodine, or iodine-containing herbs, such as kelp and bladderwrack regularly?
    Answer 4

  5. When you have gone on diets in the past, have you found it difficult, or even impossible to lose weight, or have you even GAINED weight on a diet?
    Answer 5

  6. Have you recently started to gain weight inappropriately — basically, without any change in your dietary habits and intake, or exercise level?
    Answer 6

  7. Do you regularly eat significant amounts of uncooked “goitrogenic” foods, such as brussels sprouts, broccoli, rutabaga, turnips, kohlrabi, radishes, cauliflower, African cassava, millet, babassu (a palm-tree coconut fruit popular in Brazil and Africa), cabbage and kale?
    Answer 7

  8. Are you currently a smoker, or were you a smoker in the past?
    Answer 8

  9. Do you have any puffiness or swelling in: eyelid and eye areas,hands and fingers, legs, toes and feet?
    Answer 9

  10. Do you find yourself craving sweets and carbohydrates more than usual?
    Answer 10

  11. Do you get shaky if you don’t eat, or have other hypoglycemic symptoms?
    Answer 11

  12. Are you having any constipation or digestive problems?
    Answer 12

  13. Do you now or have you in the past had another autoimmune disease?
    Answer 13

  14. Do you have a lower sex drive than you used to? Do you think about or want sex much less than before?
    Answer 14

  15. Are you particularly fatigued, weak, feeling run down, sluggish, and/or lethargic?
    Answer 15

  16. Do you wake up still feeling tired, no matter how much sleep you get?
    Answer 16

  17. Do you need caffeine to get up, stay awake or remain alert during the day?
    Answer 17

  18. Are you experiencing mood changes, such as depression or anxiety?
    Answer 18

  19. Are you having difficulty concentrating or remembering things?
    Answer 19

  20. Are you finding yourself particularly sensitive to hot or cold weather (i.e., wearing a sweater in the summer, or overheated in the winter?)
    Answer 20

  21. Do you have unexplained joint and muscle aches in your body?
    Answer 21

  22. Do you have unusual heart rhythms, such as palpitations, or a rapid or very slow heartbeat?
    Answer 22

  23. Are you losing hair in the outer part of your eyebrow?
    Answer 23

  24. Is your hair dry, brittle, breaking more easily, or falling out?
    Answer 24

  25. Are your eyelids or eyes puffy?
    Answer 25

  26. Are you experiencing changes in your menstrual cycle, as in the cycle is too short or long, or your period has become very heavy or very light?
    Answer 26

  27. Have you experienced infertility or miscarriage?
    Answer 27

  28. Are your nails brittle, breaking easily, growing slowly?
    Answer 28

  29. Have you had an unexpected jump in your cholesterol levels?
    Answer 29

  30. Do you have high cholesterol that isn’t responding as well as you’d like to medication, diet or both?
    Answer 30

  31. Do you a slow pulse or unusually low blood presure?
    Answer 31

  32. Do you have a full or sensitive feeling in the neck, or find that neckties, collars, scarves or turtlenecks are uncomfortable?
    Answer 32

  33. Do you have a feeling like something is stuck in your throat, or difficulty swallowing?
    Answer 33

  34. Has your voice become raspy or hoarse?
    Answer 34

  35. Are you having sleep changes, i.e., insomnia, difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep, or waking up unrefreshed?
    Answer 35

  36. Are you experiencing nervousness, irritability, or even panic attacks?
    Answer 36

  37. Are your eyes dry, scratchy, sensitive to light, or even having double vision or bulging?
    Answer 37

  38. Do your eyes feel jumpy? Are your eyes giving you headaches?
    Answer 38

  39. Are you feeling like you are getting every infection that goes around, or is it taking longer for you to recuperate from infections?
    Answer 39

  40. Are you getting recurrent sinus infections?
    Answer 40

  41. Have you developed allergies or your allergies become worse fairly quickly?
    Answer 41

Total 41 Questions

Review & Submit

  1. What is your gender?

     

  2. Do you have any family or personal history of thyroid conditions, goiter, nodules, or even what your family may have described generically as glandular problems?

     

  3. Do you regularly consume soy foods or regularly use soy products, such as soy protein, soy capsules, soy powders, soy creams, soy smoothies?

     

  4. Do you take iodine, a vitamin with iodine, or iodine-containing herbs, such as kelp and bladderwrack regularly?

     

  5. When you have gone on diets in the past, have you found it difficult, or even impossible to lose weight, or have you even GAINED weight on a diet?

     

  6. Have you recently started to gain weight inappropriately — basically, without any change in your dietary habits and intake, or exercise level?

     

  7. Do you regularly eat significant amounts of uncooked “goitrogenic” foods, such as brussels sprouts, broccoli, rutabaga, turnips, kohlrabi, radishes, cauliflower, African cassava, millet, babassu (a palm-tree coconut fruit popular in Brazil and Africa), cabbage and kale?

     

  8. Are you currently a smoker, or were you a smoker in the past?

     

  9. Do you have any puffiness or swelling in: eyelid and eye areas,hands and fingers, legs, toes and feet?

     

  10. Do you find yourself craving sweets and carbohydrates more than usual?

     

  11. Do you get shaky if you don’t eat, or have other hypoglycemic symptoms?

     

  12. Are you having any constipation or digestive problems?

     

  13. Do you now or have you in the past had another autoimmune disease?

     

  14. Do you have a lower sex drive than you used to? Do you think about or want sex much less than before?

     

  15. Are you particularly fatigued, weak, feeling run down, sluggish, and/or lethargic?

     

  16. Do you wake up still feeling tired, no matter how much sleep you get?

     

  17. Do you need caffeine to get up, stay awake or remain alert during the day?

     

  18. Are you experiencing mood changes, such as depression or anxiety?

     

  19. Are you having difficulty concentrating or remembering things?

     

  20. Are you finding yourself particularly sensitive to hot or cold weather (i.e., wearing a sweater in the summer, or overheated in the winter?)

     

  21. Do you have unexplained joint and muscle aches in your body?

     

  22. Do you have unusual heart rhythms, such as palpitations, or a rapid or very slow heartbeat?

     

  23. Are you losing hair in the outer part of your eyebrow?

     

  24. Is your hair dry, brittle, breaking more easily, or falling out?

     

  25. Are your eyelids or eyes puffy?

     

  26. Are you experiencing changes in your menstrual cycle, as in the cycle is too short or long, or your period has become very heavy or very light?

     

  27. Have you experienced infertility or miscarriage?

     

  28. Are your nails brittle, breaking easily, growing slowly?

     

  29. Have you had an unexpected jump in your cholesterol levels?

     

  30. Do you get shaky if you don’t eat, or have other hypoglycemic symptoms?

     

  31. Do you a slow pulse or unusually low blood pressure?

     

  32. Do you have a full or sensitive feeling in the neck, or find that neckties, collars, scarves or turtlenecks are uncomfortable?

     

  33. Do you have a feeling like something is stuck in your throat, or difficulty swallowing?

     

  34. Has your voice become raspy or hoarse?

     

  35. Are you having sleep changes, i.e., insomnia, difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep, or waking up unrefreshed?

     

  36. Are you experiencing nervousness, irritability, or even panic attacks?

     

  37. Are your eyes dry, scratchy, sensitive to light, or even having double vision or bulging?

     

  38. Do your eyes feel jumpy? Are your eyes giving you headaches?

     

  39. Are you feeling like you are getting every infection that goes around, or is it taking longer for you to recuperate from infections?

     

  40. Are you getting recurrent sinus infections?

     

  41. Have you developed allergies or your allergies become worse fairly quickly?

     

Form Control

Hypothyroidism Risk Factor

Checklist Answers

  1. What is your gender?

  2. Do you have any family or personal history of thyroid conditions, goiter, nodules, or even what your family may have described generically as glandular problems?

  3. Do you regularly consume soy foods or regularly use soy products, such as soy protein, soy capsules, soy powders, soy creams, soy smoothies?

  4. Do you take iodine, a vitamin with iodine, or iodine-containing herbs, such as kelp and bladderwrack regularly?

  5. When you have gone on diets in the past, have you found it difficult, or even impossible to lose weight, or have you even GAINED weight on a diet?

  6. Have you recently started to gain weight inappropriately — basically, without any change in your dietary habits and intake, or exercise level?

  7. Do you regularly eat significant amounts of uncooked “goitrogenic” foods, such as brussels sprouts, broccoli, rutabaga, turnips, kohlrabi, radishes, cauliflower, African cassava, millet, babassu (a palm-tree coconut fruit popular in Brazil and Africa), cabbage and kale?

  8. Are you currently a smoker, or were you a smoker in the past?

  9. Do you have any puffiness or swelling in: eyelid and eye areas,hands and fingers, legs, toes and feet?

  10. Do you find yourself craving sweets and carbohydrates more than usual?

  11. Do you get shaky if you don’t eat, or have other hypoglycemic symptoms?

  12. Are you having any constipation or digestive problems?

  13. Do you now or have you in the past had another autoimmune disease?

  14. Do you have a lower sex drive than you used to? Do you think about or want sex much less than before?

  15. Are you particularly fatigued, weak, feeling run down, sluggish, and/or lethargic?

  16. Do you wake up still feeling tired, no matter how much sleep you get?

  17. Do you need caffeine to get up, stay awake or remain alert during the day?

  18. Are you experiencing mood changes, such as depression or anxiety?

  19. Are you having difficulty concentrating or remembering things?

  20. Are you finding yourself particularly sensitive to hot or cold weather (i.e., wearing a sweater in the summer, or overheated in the winter?)

  21. Do you have unexplained joint and muscle aches in your body?

  22. Do you have unusual heart rhythms, such as palpitations, or a rapid or very slow heartbeat?

  23. Are you losing hair in the outer part of your eyebrow?

  24. Is your hair dry, brittle, breaking more easily, or falling out?

  25. Are your eyelids or eyes puffy?

  26. Are you experiencing changes in your menstrual cycle, as in the cycle is too short or long, or your period has become very heavy or very light?

  27. Have you experienced infertility or miscarriage?

  28. Are your nails brittle, breaking easily, growing slowly?

  29. Have you had an unexpected jump in your cholesterol levels?

  30. Do you get shaky if you don’t eat, or have other hypoglycemic symptoms?

  31. Do you a slow pulse or unusually low blood pressure?

  32. Do you have a full or sensitive feeling in the neck, or find that neckties, collars, scarves or turtlenecks are uncomfortable?

  33. Do you have a feeling like something is stuck in your throat, or difficulty swallowing?

  34. Has your voice become raspy or hoarse?

  35. Are you having sleep changes, i.e., insomnia, difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep, or waking up unrefreshed?

  36. Are you experiencing nervousness, irritability, or even panic attacks?

  37. Are your eyes dry, scratchy, sensitive to light, or even having double vision or bulging?

  38. Do your eyes feel jumpy? Are your eyes giving you headaches?

  39. Are you feeling like you are getting every infection that goes around, or is it taking longer for you to recuperate from infections?

  40. Are you getting recurrent sinus infections?

  41. Have you developed allergies or your allergies become worse fairly quickly?

Hypothyroidism Risk Factor

Hypothyroidism Risk Score:  

You have almost no risk factors or hypothyroidism symptoms, BUT…you will still want to have yourself checked by a qualified practitioner to rule out hypothyroidism.

If you have any further queries or would like to make an appointment, please contact Thyroid Clinic on 1300 113 310.

Hypothyroidism Risk Factor

Hypothyroidism Risk Score:  

You have a few risks and symptoms for hypothyroidism, but not many. You should, however, have your thyroid checked out.

If you have any further queries or would like to make an appointment, please contact Thyroid Clinic on 1300 113 310.

Hypothyroidism Risk Factor

Hypothyroidism Risk Score:  

You have some hypothyroidism risks and symptoms, enough to suggest that you definitely should be evaluated.

If you have any further queries or would like to make an appointment, please contact Thyroid Clinic on 1300 113 310.

Hypothyroidism Risk Factor

Hypothyroidism Risk Score:  

You have a few thyroid risks and symptoms that you’ll want to pay attention to this, and talk to your doctor at your next checkup, at minimum. It may not be a factor in your weight, but if you are trying to lose and aren’t successful, have your thyroid checked.

If you have any further queries or would like to make an appointment, please contact Thyroid Clinic on 1300 113 310.

Hypothyroidism Risk Factor

Hypothyroidism Risk Score:  

You have enough risks and symptoms that you should have your thyroid evaluated.

If you have any further queries or would like to make an appointment, please contact Thyroid Clinic on 1300 113 310.

Hypothyroidism Risk Factor

Hypothyroidism Risk Score:  

You definitely have some hypothyroidism risk factors and symptoms that could be affecting your health. Have this checked out fairly soon.

If you have any further queries or would like to make an appointment, please contact Thyroid Clinic on 1300 113 310.

Hypothyroidism Risk Factor

Hypothyroidism Risk Score:  

There’s a good chance you have an underactive thyroid, and you should see your practitioner soon.

If you have any further queries or would like to make an appointment, please contact Thyroid Clinic on 1300 113 310.

Hypothyroidism Risk Factor

Hypothyroidism Risk Score:  

You have many hypothyroidism risks and symptoms and should be evaluated as soon as possible, because an underactive thyroid may be the cause of your symptoms.

If you have any further queries or would like to make an appointment, please contact Thyroid Clinic on 1300 113 310.

Hypothyroidism Risk Factor

Hypothyroidism Risk Score:  

Make a doctor’s appointment for tomorrow morning, because you have a HIGH risk and MANY symptoms of hypothyroidism!

If you have any further queries or would like to make an appointment, please contact Thyroid Clinic on 1300 113 310.

 

Filed Under: Thyroid Disorders Tagged With: Health Problems, Irregular Thyroid, Symptoms

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