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The thyroid gland is an often ignored part of the human body. Few people even know it is located at the base of the neck. Thyroid health is not often mentioned in the media, nor by doctors during routine physical examinations. When an underactive thyroid presents itself, most people do not give much thought to it even though the hormones produced and stored by the thyroid gland are essential to regulating body temperature and how food is converted to energy, basically the metabolic rate.

When people have a thyroid gland that is not producing and storing enough hormones it is called Hypothyroidism. If the thyroid is not working properly,your body will not feel well. An underactive thyroid produces symptoms of fatigue and forgetfulness, depression, and a general foggy feeling. There are physical symptoms as well including dry skin, brittle nails and hair, and constipation.

As you an see, if your thyroid isn’t working properly, there are all sorts of generalized health problems that can occur that make a person feel miserable. The inability to lose weight easily is one of the most annoying and frustrating of the problems the thyroid can cause.

Only a doctor can tel if your thyroid is not functioning properly. A blood test is needed to make an accurate diagnosis and to find the dosage of medicine that will have your thyroid back to operating at peak efficiency.

An underactive thyroid gland is one of the most discussed endocrine conditions in the U.S. and wanted to see if the thyroid can be the key to long life, at least for some people, according to researchers.

Dr. Martin Surks and his colleagues at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York studied hundreds of people who had lived to 100 years and found evidence in people with low thyroid activity, those most likely to be in that group.

We used a national health survey to assess the average hormone levels in people of different ages.

The thyroid is located in the neck and is a kind of master gland, secretes hormones that affect metabolism and therefore has a relationship with obesity.

Doctors often monitor their activity as an indirect measure of levels of the hormone (TSH) or thyroid stimulating hormone.

Indicate that high levels of TSH is a condition known as hypothyroidism and low levels suggest that it is overactive, called hyperthyroidism.

People with low thyroid function can lose hair, gain weight and feel weak, while those with overactive thyroid can lose weight and feel a constant nervous state, but both can be easily treated with a daily pill.

Surks and his colleagues found that between 15 and 20 percent of people over 60 have TSH levels that suggest an underactive thyroid gland, which is believed to be normal in older people, as sign of longevity.