In a message dated 3/11/2009 9:53:44 P.M. US Eastern Standard Time,  
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I have a  sense the shorter list would be those things the thyroid does  NOT
affect.>>>>
Excellent point! Virtually every living cell in your body must have a bit  of 
thyroid hormone hooked into its receptors to get "permission" to burn  
calories into energy for its own use.
 
This helps explain why:
 
1. Symptoms of hypothyroidism can be related to any system in the  body;
 
2. Symptoms of hypothyroidism can seem contradictory (e.g. being unable to  
tolerate hot and cold temperatures)
 
3. Docs sometimes can't see the "forest" (Hypothyroidism) because they  get 
lost among the "trees" (small groups of symptoms that relate to a more  
localized problems). Internists see the infections, weigh gain, metabolic  syndrome, 
diabetes; Gynecologists see the Periods from Hell (and an opportunity  to do 
another hysterectomy), the polycystic ovaries; Cardiologists see the  
arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease; Neurologists see the strokes; and  the 
Psychiatrists see the wide range of mental problems that occur when brain  metabolism 
is compromised.  
 
Doc Don
 
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