Thyroid, a pear-shaped gland located just below your neck does many things within your body than you ever knew it does. It can regulate your energy levels, control your weight, makes you mood swing, etc. It regulates how your body interacts with other organs within it. The thyroid gland influences almost all the metabolic processes in the body.

So, unfortunately, for about 10 million women across the globe, this regulator is on the fritz. So what actually goes wrong??

The thyroid gland produces thyroid hormones which are nearly used by every cell in the body. For the normal functioning of the body, the gland should secrete hormones is specific amounts. The thyroid disorders are characterized by the abnormal levels of thyroid hormones.

If the thyroid hormone is secreted in excessive amount or if the amount is reduced, may be due to over activity or under activity of the thyroid gland then it results in hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism. Both of this condition may have skin symptoms linked to it. The effects may be due to the inadequate circulatory action of thyroid hormone or the resistance of target cells to thyroid action.

The four predominant skin symptoms related to the thyroid are:

• Vitiligo – this is a condition where there are white patches on the skin.
• Alopecia areata – hair loss in which there are round bald patches.
• Dry skin
• Pretibial myxoedema – this is due to the increase in the levels of chondroitin sulfate and hyaluronic acid that gets accumulated around the hair follicles and dermal vessels. They may cause collagen degeneration.

The first three conditions are due to hypothyroidism and the fourth condition is a result of hyperthyroidism.

Other serious symptoms may include:

• Extremely dry skin: a condition might occur where the skin gets completely dried due to a decrease in eccrine gland secretion. In severe cases, the sweating process may be disrupted. At worse cases, the palms and the soles become thick and dry causing a condition called keratoderma.
• Carotenemia: this medical condition is recognized by the yellowish discoloration of the palms and soles due to increase in the levels of dermal carotene.
• Hypohidrosis: it is a condition that is characterized by an abnormal lack of sweating.
• Xerosis: this condition refers to change in skin texture and decreases the hydrating ability of the skin. Eventually, the skin becomes rough and gets covered with fine scales.
• Poor wound healing tendency: the tendency of the wound to heal becomes very slow due to deficiency of thyroid hormone.

Can homeopathy help control thyroid in any way?

Well, the answer to this question is yes. If you go in for allopathic treatments it involves lifelong medications or otherwise a surgery. They let you take in supplements of thyroid hormone. Homeopathy, on the other hand, stimulates the functioning of the thyroid gland so that it can generate hormones on its own. Unlike allopathic medicines, homeopathy is non-invasive, treats without any side-effects, and is an alternative to cure thyroid permanently.

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