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  • Anonymous
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    February 23, 1997 at 8:59 pm
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    #1164558

    I was early maturing. In my twenties I was Hypo and had to take
    synthroid, now in my forties I have had to take PTU (12 a day).
    Plus 3 heart pills ( my heart rate got up to 152 BPM). Now I have a
    question, is their anyone out there that has Mitral Vavle Prolapse
    from their GD? I was told by my Endo when I had my RAI, that GD had
    caused me to have this heart condition. I will have to go to a heart
    doctor now for this. What luck!!

    cj

    Anonymous
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    February 23, 1997 at 9:16 pm
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    #1164559

    What is KFS?

    Anonymous
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    February 24, 1997 at 12:40 am
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    #1164560

    KFS is Klippel-Feil syndrome. In a nutshell, it means that a couple of vertebrae are ‘fused’ together.

    here are some of the symptoms and/or problems related to KFS:
    Scoliosis
    asthma
    lung problems
    heart problems
    kidney problems
    hearing loss or lack of it
    parts of body missing

    If you have a low hairline
    flat feet( found in some)
    hard of hearing
    asymetric facial features
    and other stuff, then you may have KFS
    I was diagnosed with this thing before the thyroid problem.
    I’m not sure if the heart condition got worst or stayed the same, but I do have a ‘minor’ problem.
    I did notice that my hearing got a little bit better since the synthroid (docs explain pls?)
    But the improvement came with a price: my nerves in the back are getting worst. And it hurts when I sit for long periods of time. I know, then stop playing with the d@#$ computer!
    Well, that’s KFS.

    Anonymous
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    February 24, 1997 at 1:51 am
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    #1056846

    A question came up about early and late maturing people. I think I’ve said this befor, but I want to do a little analysis here.

    Were you one? I know three of my cousins who have hypo/hyper thyroid are early maturers. I was an on-timer. My brothers were late.
    Interesting question, eh?

    I’m also interested on how many people who have Graves also shows signs of KFS.

    Well, have a nice one!

    Anonymous
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    February 24, 1997 at 7:56 pm
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    #1164561

    Is anyone else experiencing a hearing problem along with GD? It have
    severe hearing loss in one ear and moderate loss in the other. Had to
    quit teaching profession because of it. It may have to do with auto-immune
    connection or calcium deposition due to disturbances in calcitonin
    production. (The thyroid hormone we don’t ever hear about.) It prevents
    bone loss. I have probably got otosclerosis.

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