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What Causes Severe Joints Pain In Elbows And Ankles While Suffering From Thyroid Disorder?

I have been waking up with horriable joint pain in my elbows and ankles. recently a thyroid victim(sufferer) and I spoke with a woman who had her thyroid removed and the first thing she ask was...Has the pain in your joints started? I thought out of all of the symtoms she guessed the one that has recently has me completely nuts going out of my mind!
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Thyroid disease & joints prolem are two different things however patients with autoimmune thyroid disease can have joints prolem (arthritis) secondary to any immune-mediated joint disease.
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What Causes Severe Joints Pain In Elbows And Ankles While Suffering From Thyroid Disorder?

Thyroid disease & joints prolem are two different things however patients with autoimmune thyroid disease can have joints prolem (arthritis) secondary to any immune-mediated joint disease. Hope this information helps.