Hyperthyroidism will cause hypermetabolism and sympathetic nerve excitement, which will cause palpitations, sweating, increased eating and defecation times, and weight loss. Therefore, patients with hyperthyroidism should be accompanied by weight loss. But many people say, "After

Hyperthyroidism will cause hypermetabolism and sympathetic nerve excitement , which will cause palpitations , sweating, increased eating and defecation times, and weight loss. Therefore, patients with hyperthyroidism should be accompanied by weight loss. But many people say, "After treatment for hyperthyroidism, I did not lose weight, but became fatter and fatter." , what is going on?

has hyperthyroidism, why did he gain weight instead?

There are two situations in which patients with hyperthyroidism gain weight. One is that they gain weight before drug treatment, and the other is that they gain weight after treatment.

One of the characteristics of hyperthyroidism is that the body's metabolism is increased, and anabolism is relatively less than catabolism. Therefore, weight loss is a prominent symptom after suffering from hyperthyroidism. However, there are also a very small number of hyperthyroidism patients who not only do not lose weight after suffering from hyperthyroidism, but also lose weight. Even increased, people call this condition "fat hyperthyroidism".

This can be encountered in children and young women with hyperthyroidism. The formation of obese hyperthyroidism may be because the hyperthyroidism is in its early stages, and catabolism has not yet surpassed anabolism, or it is in the dynamic balance stage of the two metabolisms, and the decomposition process in the body The synthesis process is roughly the same.

But when the disease progresses further and the body is consumed more than it is synthesized, the weight will gradually decrease.

My hyperthyroidism is gone, but my weight is still increasing. What’s going on?

1. Performance of disease recovery

Hyperthyroidism will cause weight loss before effective treatment. Because too much thyroid hormone will speed up the body's metabolism and increase energy consumption. Theoretically, with treatment, the weight of patients with hyperthyroidism will naturally return to the state before death.

2. Bad living habits

Due to the disease, patients with hyperthyroidism will not gain weight no matter how much they eat. But if the disease is under control and the metabolism returns to normal, and the habit of eating and drinking during hyperthyroidism is still continued, and there is not enough exercise, the weight will naturally continue to increase.

3. Side effects of glucocorticoids

Antithyroid drugs commonly used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism are methimazole or propylthiouracil . These are not hormones; but in some special cases, such as hyperthyroid crisis Or hyperthyroidism and exophthalmos, glucocorticoids may be used. In addition to their therapeutic effects, glucocorticoids also inevitably have some side effects, such as weight gain.

4. No follow-up treatment

Some patients do not recheck on time. After the hyperthyroidism improves, the medication is not reduced in time, and they become hypothyroidism, and their weight will increase significantly.

How to restore health and good figure?

When choosing a weight loss method, physical weight loss and diet reduction should be the main focus. Oral medications should not be used as the mainstay.

Commonly used healthy weight loss methods are:

① Preventive weight loss: If you want to restore normal weight, you must first treat hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism from the source.

② Behavioral weight loss: Changing eating habits and developing good eating habits is very important for weight loss. Good eating habits are developed slowly. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself, just make small changes every day.

③ Exercise to lose weight: There is no shortcut to losing weight, it is just to keep your mouth shut and open your legs. However, for thyroid patients, there are some precautions when exercising:

Hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism should be controlled before exercising, otherwise it may cause or aggravate heart disease.

first has oxygen, then no oxygen. Start with light aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking, jogging, yoga, square dancing, etc. After your body has fully recovered, gradually transition to more intense aerobic exercise, such as brisk running, weight loss exercises, HIIT, etc.

④Medicine for weight loss: medicine for weight loss cannot be widely used. Medicinal weight loss is a weight loss method that is adopted as a last resort after the above physical and chemical weight loss has poor results. Drug weight loss methods include appetite suppressing methods and metabolism promoting methods. Medications for weight loss have many side effects and should be avoided as much as possible.

specially reminds

patients with hyperthyroidism that during the treatment process, they must go to the hospital for examination in time to see the current degree of the condition, and adjust the dosage of medication, treatment methods, etc. at any time to avoid taking excessive doses, which is called hypothyroidism, causing obesity, etc. Depending on the situation, you must strictly follow the doctor's instructions for treatment, and do not blindly stop the medication or increase the dose, so as not to be detrimental to the recovery of the condition.