Can a parathyroid gland be so enlarged to interfere with swallowing?There is also a deficiency in Vitamin D and extremely low phosphorous levels. Difficulty sleeping more than 4 hours a night, kidney malfunction, heart palpitations, mental clarity, and the swallowing issue. Can any of these be related to parathyroid disease?
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Posted by Cindy in Texas
heart palpitations, mental clarity, and the swallowing issue sound more like thyroid dysfunction & an enlarged thyroid is called a goiter. The heart palpitations are probably adrenal dysfunction but the thyroid supports the adrenals & the adrenals support the thyroid - they work in tandem
thyroid & parathyroid are 2 different glands in the same location
I'm assuming the heart palpitations waking you up in the night. I used Enzymatic Adrenergize to help support my adrenals & allow them to heal.
Early hypothyroidism has often very mild and unspecific symptoms.
Hypothyroidism can be associated with the following symptoms:[2][3][4]
Early
* Poor muscle tone (muscle hypotonia)
* Fatigue
* Any form of menstrual irregularity and fertility problems
* Hyperprolactinemia and galactorrhea
* Elevated serum cholesterol
* Cold intolerance, increased sensitivity to cold
* Constipation
* Depression
* Muscle cramps and joint pain
* Thin, brittle fingernails
* Coarse hair
* Paleness
* Decreased sweating
* Dry, itchy skin
* Weight gain and water retention[5][6][7]
* Bradycardia (low heart rate – fewer than sixty beats per minute)
Late
* Goiter
* Slow speech and a hoarse, breaking voice – deepening of the voice can also be noticed, caused by Reinke's Edema.
* Dry puffy skin, especially on the face
* Thinning of the outer third of the eyebrows (sign of Hertoghe)
* Abnormal menstrual cycles
* Low basal body temperature
Uncommon
* Impaired memory[8]
* Impaired cognitive function (brain fog) and inattentiveness.[9]
* A slow heart rate with ECG changes including low voltage signals. Diminished cardiac output and decreased contractility
* Reactive (or post-prandial) hypoglycemia[10]
* Sluggish reflexes
* Hair loss
* Anemia caused by impaired haemoglobin synthesis (decreased EPO levels), impaired intestinal iron and folate absorption or B12 deficiency[11] from pernicious anemia
* Difficulty swallowing
* Shortness of breath with a shallow and slow respiratory pattern
* Increased need for sleep
* Irritability and mood instability
* Yellowing of the skin due to impaired conversion of beta-carotene[12] to vitamin A (carotoderma)
* Impaired renal function with decreased glomerular filtration rate
* Acute psychosis (myxedema madness) (a rare presentation of hypothyroidism)
* Decreased libido in men[13] due to impairment of testicular testosterone synthesis
* Decreased sense of taste and smell (anosmia)
* Puffy face, hands and feet (late, less common symptoms)
* Gynecomastia
* Deafness[14]
I personally did 35,000iu per day for 2 months trying to refill my stores. It is highly recommended that you have your vit.D levels tested but my research shows toxicity only at outrageous, long term levels.
Vitamin D3 is not a vitamin at all but a necessary hormone that effects the immune system, bones & nearly every aspect of health. Having low Vitamin D levels greatly increases risk of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, MS & being deficient can create or greatly exacerbate health problems. Many researchers claim that optimized vitamin D levels are more effective than a flu shot in preventing viral infections.
With Vitamin D3 deficiency becoming an epidemic, it is possible that upper atmosphere pollution is blocking the needed UVB light from the sun. Or simply that people are washing daily, if you wash skin exposed to the sun within 48 hours, you wash off the oils where the vitamin D production starts. In northern latitudes (above that of Atlanta, Georgia) the sun is at too low an angle for half the year to provide sufficient UV radiation. If even available, UVB rays are only accessible while the sun is directly overhead. Most people need to take vitamin D, especially seniors, as the ability to synthesize vitamin D in the skin declines with age.
With exposure to sunlight in the summer, the body can generate up to 20,000iu of vitamin D per hour with no ill effects. In addition, no adverse effects have been seen with supplemental vitamin D intakes up to 10,000 IU daily.
Always take your vitamin D with a fat-containing meal to ensure absorption.
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400676/More-Vitamin-D.html
The prescription vitamin D supplements are the wrong type (ergocalciferol ). As warned by the National Institute of Health -
Luckily you can buy vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) over the counter and the upper limits are extremely high. U.S. RDA are much too low. Current recommendations from researchers are for 35iu per pound - a 150# person needs minimum of 5250iu per day & the rda is 400iu. This amount is for minimal needs and does not replenish depleted stores.
Posted by cbrdgt.
It it feasible. A large parathyroid gland could press against your trachea, so that could interfere with swallowing. Seek a doctor's opinion.
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