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How To Spot Postpartum Hypothyroid or Under Active Thyroid |
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 It is natural, and therefore expected by many doctors, that new mothers experience a period of tiredness and mood swings after going through a pregnancy and giving birth. This can mean those suffering postpartum hypothyroid are mis-diagnosed and so miss the chance of receiving the correct under active thyroid treatment in the time shortly after giving birth.
It is also possible that the medical professional could easily mistake those symptoms as postpartum depression, as they are very similar in how the present themselves. It is therefor extremely important that new mothers be checked for postpartum hypothyroidism , even if there is no prior history of any thyroid problems, because as many as 10% of new mothers suffer with some type of thyroid disorder after pregnancy.
So if postpartum depression has similar symptoms to postpartum hypothyroidism how can the two conditions be diagnosed properly? Well there are some very important differences you need to look out for. Here are some signes that are unique to post natal under active thyroid disorders.
- It is right that new mothers probably experience a new level of tiredness. Postpartum hypothroidism has a massive influence on exhaustion causing sufferers to sleep way in excess of the normal amount of sleep needed, upto eighteen hours a day in a lot of cases, and then wake up as tired as when they went to sleep.
- Another symptom is weight gain. Most women would expect to lose weight in the postpartum period as they start to shed those extra pounds added during pregnancy. With hypothyroidism, those pounds can turn into stones which then become seemingly impossible to shift even on the strictest of diets.
On the flip side, an over active thyroid (postpartum hyperthyroidism), in the weeks after pregnancy, can cause a rapid loss of weight, in some cases as much as 15 - 25 pounds in a month. In addition other symptoms associated with an over active thyroid may be experienced, such as difficulty with sleeping, feeling constantly hot, rapid pulse, anxiety and diarrhea.
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