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Does anyone know if thyroid medication can cause swelling of the lymph nodes?
I would assume that it can as too much can cause the swelling of the thyroid and that thyroid hormone helps produce white blood cells and the white blood cells are produced in the lymph nodes so that supplementing excess thyroid hormone might cause a build up of white blood cells and swell the lymph nodes.
Just started taking thyroid medication again for the first time in a while have been on it for about 3 weeks. Using tyromix (6mcg t4 and 3mcg t3) I initially started with one drop per night for about a week then upped it to 1 drop in the morning and 1 before bed. Then shortly after I upped to 1 in the morning, afternoon and evening and added 8mcg of t3 with the one in the afternoon. Quickly realised this was too much as started to have symptoms such as headache etc.
Have paired it back to 1 drop of tyromix per day either in the evening or the middle of the day (I know stupid rookie mistake probably better to keep it consistently at the same time). I noticed today on the left side of my neck I have a slight bump that feels like it could be a lymph node.
Would love to hear anyone's advice or experience in this area. Thanks
I would assume that it can as too much can cause the swelling of the thyroid and that thyroid hormone helps produce white blood cells and the white blood cells are produced in the lymph nodes so that supplementing excess thyroid hormone might cause a build up of white blood cells and swell the lymph nodes.
Just started taking thyroid medication again for the first time in a while have been on it for about 3 weeks. Using tyromix (6mcg t4 and 3mcg t3) I initially started with one drop per night for about a week then upped it to 1 drop in the morning and 1 before bed. Then shortly after I upped to 1 in the morning, afternoon and evening and added 8mcg of t3 with the one in the afternoon. Quickly realised this was too much as started to have symptoms such as headache etc.
Have paired it back to 1 drop of tyromix per day either in the evening or the middle of the day (I know stupid rookie mistake probably better to keep it consistently at the same time). I noticed today on the left side of my neck I have a slight bump that feels like it could be a lymph node.
Would love to hear anyone's advice or experience in this area. Thanks