Thyroid problems can seriously affect metabolism and bodily functions. So if you want to learn to dive but focus on thyroid disease, you may want to know how these issues affect your planned activities.

Thyroid

The thyroid gland is an essential gland that secretes thyroxine, a hormone that helps control the rate at which carbohydrates burn. It is often called metabolic rate. Excessive hyperthyroidism or thyrotoxicosis, resulting in hypothyroidism leading to hypothyroidism or myxedema.

• In hyperthyroidism, increased heart and respiratory rate, weight loss and excessive secrets can lead to heart disease such as tachycardia, severe arrhythmias and heart failure. It also includes anxiety or discomfort, muscle weakness and paralysis.

• Heart rate and metabolism are slow in hypothyroidism. It can cause fatigue, slow or no reflection, and can also lead to heart failure.

What should the diver pay attention to…

Can you sneak into thyroid disease? was originally published on Spring