
What Causes Numbness In Toe And Fatigue After Total Thyroidectomy?

Osteoporosis and VitaminD3 defeciency can be cause
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for your query.
I'm Dr. Sudhir Kumar,
After going through your query I concluded that you have got total thyroidectomy done nearly 5years back. Due to removal of thyroid along with it probably also parathyroid also got removed. So you are lacking thyrocalcitonine and parathyroid hormones. This resulted in disturbance of calcium and phosphorus metabolism.This may have resulted in osteoporosis causing bone pains which are typical of osteoporosis. Second you may be having deficiency of vitaminD3. Tingling and numbness signifies neuropathy possible cause can be diabetes,Vitamin 12 deficiency and herniated disc.
So I want you to do following test :-
1.Bone mineral density test to see status of osteoporosis
2.Vitamin D3 test
3.Vitamin B12 test
4.Blood sugar fasting and PP to rule out diabetes
5.MRI lumbar spine to rule out herniated disc
Furthermore I will advise you consult endocrinologist as there is disturbances in hormones such as thyrocalcitonin and parathyroid hormones.You are already on treatment and taking thyroxine and many vitamins . I will advise you to take supplementation of VitaminD3 if it low and analgesic such as diclofenac for pain relief. If Bone mineral density show osteoporosis then parathyroid hormone may be taken after consultation with endocrinologist.
You can discuss with your treating Doctor about it.
Hope I have answered your query.
If you have any further questions I will be happy to help.
Wishing you good health.
Take care.


Can be caused by levothyroxine.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome back .
After going through your query and follow up query I want to say that heart flutter is known to be caused by drugs used to treat an under active thyroid, in your cases it may be due to levothyroxine. It is probably not related to osteoporosis or any deficiency. Other matter has already been discussed.You can discuss with your treating Doctor about it.
Hope I have answered your query.
If you have any further questions I will be happy to help.
If you do not have any clarifications, you can close the discussion and rate the answer.
Wishing you good health.
Take care.

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