A hoarse voice can be a sign of an underactive thyroid, but not necessarily. It's one of those things the doctors like to keep an eye on, isn't it, in case it turns into Something.
When my 'hoarse voice' started, back in about February, I didn't even recognise it as such. The weather had been evil and a bit of phlegm was not surprising. In fact, if you had asked me, I would have defined a hoarse voice as a painful voice, feeling as you do when a really nasty cold is about to start.
Over the intervening months it's developed from being an evening phenomenon until yesterday, talking to the doctor at 9.30 in the morning, I was already slightly throaty. After taking the thyroxine, my voice was normal till evening, when my usual call to my Mum started a bit of a relapse. Today, thyroxine notwithstanding, my voice is a somewhat relaxed. It's never been my strong point, though - have I strained it through raising it?
The doctor asked me if I'd ever smoked. I haven't. She wants to see how the thyroxine affects it before investigating further. I have realised that just as symptoms shifted around before I started thyroxine, so they may shift around while it's being fixed, and maybe (if the dose doesn't quite get rid of all symptonms) permanently.
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