Articles — joint pain

Fibromyalgia (FM) is the favored term for widespread musculoskeletal pain when no specific cause of pain can be identified. This disorder also causes many other symptoms like fatigue, memory issues, and sleep and mood disturbances. Unfortunately, FM patients often suffer from coexistent psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, or OCD. FM is the second most common rheumatic disorder, just behind osteoarthritis, and has also been linked to genes. Hypothyroid patients and patients with autoimmune thyroid disease such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis are at a higher risk of having FM. Your chances of suffering from the disorder are also much higher if...

Q: Any idea if adding a T3 to a T4 can cause extreme pain in the hands and shoulders? A: T4/T3 treatment has to be individualized based on symptoms, T4/T3 levels and ratios, and obviously, TSH levels. Many healthcare professionals prescribe imbalanced amounts of T4 and T3 to patients. These patients may have perfectly normal TSH levels, indicating that they are taking the right total amount of thyroid hormone, but they may have a significant imbalance in their thyroid hormone levels. Such an imbalance can cause all kinds of symptoms including joint pains and aches, anxiety, palpitations, hair loss, metabolism and weight...