McCall McPhersonFounder, Modern Thyroid Clinic.

The most UNDERRATED symptom of a thyroid problem

16 Jan 2024 · 1 min

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McCall McPherson, in a short YouTube monologue, highlights facial puffiness as an underrated early symptom of thyroid problems. She reports that 90–95% of her patients complain of this and shares it was an early indicator for her personally, concluding with a recommendation to get thyroid function checked if one notices unexplained facial puffiness.

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You want to know the most random but important and underrated symptom that maybe you have a thyroid problem. So it's not like one of the top 10, you know, of the fatigue and the weight gain and the dry skin and the hair breaking and the hair shedding and all that. But it's really, really one that I would say probably 90 to 95% of my patients complain of. And it was one of my own first indicators back in my early college years that something was off. And it is honestly as simple as a puffy face. So if you are in general, waking up or throughout the day, you just really don't look like yourself. You might not even have gained that much weight, but your facial features look like you have. It really is time to get your thyroid checked, because you would be shocked at how many people report experiencing this symptom really early on in their thyroid process.