What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You . . . That You Need to Know
For millions of people, fatigue, weight gain, hair loss, depression, and other symptoms often go undiagnosed and untreated. Endured by weary patients and ignored by doctors, common warning signs of hypothyroidism are often attributed to depression, stress, age, or simply dismissed as all in the patient's head. Even diagnosed, hypothyroidism is frequently treated improperly, preventing countless numbers of people from feeling and living well.
This book is for patients, their families, their doctors and the countless number of people with undiagnosed or undertreated symptoms of the disease - frustrated by the lack of information on the subject. It answers such questions as:
- what is hypothyroidism?
- what are the warning signs, symptoms and risk factors?
- why is getting diagnosed often a challenge and how can you overcome that obstacle?
- what treatments are available
- why is the most frequently prescribed treatment often insufficient?
- what are the options and benefits of alternative therapies?
- what effects does hypothyroidism have on infertility and pregnancy?
- and much more.
