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What Causes Ear Ache And Stiffness In Neck?
Hi, I have graves disease, I had radioactive iodine treatment and now have hypo active. It is not under control hasn t been in four years. I take 3.5 MCG synthroid my level as of last week was 31.86 not sure if these things are related or not...when I first started having hypo..I gained close to 100 lbs. Eating one meal a day as I have always done. Now, since July I have lost over 20 lbs, doing nothing different, I started getting bad earahes, never had them before, I take spells that the back of my neck gets very stiff n painful, now as of the other day I developed a lump on the front right hand side of my throat, painful. Any ideas would be appreciated
Thu, 30 Oct 2014
Weight gain and decreased apetite is sign of hypothyroidism, lossing weight on starting of medication is usual phenomenon and indicate good response of treatment. You need to get ultrasonography of neck and fine niddle aspiration cytology of same from solid component of lump in your neck.
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