Edema in Hypothyroidism

Probl Endokrinol (Mosk). 1987 Jan-Feb;33(1):18-21.
[Characteristics of the hydration status of patients with hypothyroidism].
[Article in Russian]
Nazarov AN, Lobachik VI, Zhidkov VV, Borisov GI, Abrosimov SV.
The hydratation status of 15 patients of various age groups with hypothyrosis was studied using nuclear physical methods. Their body composition was calculated. All the examinees demonstrated considerable hyperhydratation of the extracellular water sector with prevailing liquid accumulation in the interstitial space. Some changes in the infrastructure of the hydratation status including those in the nature of interrelationships of liquid media, were noted. The dependence of the hydratation status and its infrastructure in patients with hypothyrosis on age and gravity of disease but not on its duration was revealed.