How to Use underactive in a Sentence

underactive

adjective

• An underactive thyroid may cause your face to get puffy.
  — Lisa Mulcahy, Men's Health, 29 Aug. 2023
• The opposite is true for those who don't make enough thyroid hormone and have an underactive thyroid.
  — Kiera Aaron, Health, 31 Oct. 2023
• The condition involves an underactive thyroid that can lead to weight gain and fatigue.
  — Matt Hart and Rebecca R. Ruiz, New York Times, 8 June 2017
• An overactive or underactive thyroid may cause hair loss and dry strands.
  — Consumer Reports, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2017
• The underactive thyroid condition puts her in a high-risk group for virus infection.
  — Bruce Selcraig, ExpressNews.com, 16 Mar. 2020
• An underactive or overactive thyroid gland can cause your period to come twice in one month.
  — Women's Health, 23 Aug. 2023
• Over time, the medication may not be enough to keep symptoms away, leading to issues that mimic that of an underactive thyroid.
  — Mike Wehner, BGR, 30 Apr. 2021
• Some people with an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) may have swelling around their eyes.
  — Amanda Gardner, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
• An underactive thyroid can cause dry skin that can lead to itchy breasts, in addition to many other symptoms like fatigue, constipation, thinning hair, and a slower heart rate, the Mayo Clinic says.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 10 Aug. 2020
• In hypothyroidism, your thyroid gland is underactive, and your metabolism slows down, sometimes leaving you with chills.
  — Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 29 June 2022
• One study found that curcumin was effective at reducing the symptoms of an underactive thyroid.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
• Too much iodine might cause an underactive or overactive thyroid.
  — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 22 June 2023
• Roughly one in five adults has an underactive thyroid—also known as hypothyroidism—according to the National Institutes of Health.
  — Melissa Matthews, Men's Health, 16 Nov. 2022
• Someone with an undersize or underactive amygdala may not be able to feel empathy or refrain from violence.
  — Barbara Bradley Hagerty, The Atlantic, 16 May 2017
• There are other reasons that the patient may lose weight rapidly, including the treatment of an underactive thyroid, undiagnosed cancer or treatment of Cushing’s disease, just to name a few conditions.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 June 2024
• DeBonis said her cancer was found when her endocrinologist, who has treated her for an underactive thyroid for many years, decided to perform an ultrasound.
  — Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News, 31 Aug. 2017
• Other underactive thyroid symptoms include fatigue, joint and muscle pain, cold sensitivity, and dry skin or hair.
  — Ashley Abramson, Health, 23 Jan. 2023
• While an underactive thyroid can cause weight gain, an overactive one (which is diagnosed as hyperthyroidism) increases your metabolism, which can in turn cause increased hunger, Gilwit says.
  — Colleen Stinchcombe, Woman's Day, 19 Oct. 2018
• People with an underactive thyroid—known as hypothryoid—may feel fatigued or unusually cold, experience weight gain, hair loss, or dry skin, among other symptoms.
  — Sarah Anzlovar, Ms, Verywell Health, 4 July 2023
• An underactive thyroid, also called hypothyroidism, can mean weight gain and sore muscles.33 Hypothyroidism is treated with replacement thyroid hormone.
  — Amanda Gardner, Health, 30 May 2023
• But in the case of an underactive thyroid, for instance, ongoing hormone-replacement therapy is necessary, and no amount of dieting, exercise, or stress management can take its place.
  — Christine Byrne, Outside Online, 8 July 2021
• The suit says he was seen at the VA's urology clinic for neurogenic bladder, a common complication of multiple sclerosis that causes the bladder to become overactive or underactive.
  — Andy Marso, kansascity, 4 June 2018
• The show pokes fun at some of quarantine’s biggest challenges, including overeating, TV binge-watching, hyperactive children, underactive spouses and loads of alcohol.
  — Brad Rhines, NOLA.com, 5 Oct. 2020
• The authors were researching the effectiveness of a drug that is widely, if controversially, used to treat older adults with subclinical hypothyroidism, better known as a slightly underactive thyroid.
  — Paula Span, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2017
• To diagnose a potential problem with your thyroid, your doctor will likely order a blood test to examine the level of your thyroid-stimulating hormone, which can signal that your thyroid is overactive or underactive.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 6 Oct. 2021
• Once evaluated by staff, Wilson was treated for his injuries and was also discovered to have an underactive thyroid, a condition that is easily treated with daily medication.
  — Arizona Republic, azcentral, 28 June 2019
• Although people often associate underactive — longer and overstretched — muscles with urinary incontinence, experts emphasized that the overactive muscles, which are also weak and not coordinated, could be to blame.
  — Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2021
• Based on a physical examination, other symptoms and medical history, the health practitioner suspects that the patient could be suffering from any of the following: anemia, an underactive thyroid or diabetes.
  — Brad Reisfeld, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
• His ailments included gout; a mild elevation of cholesterol; an inflammation of out-pouches in the bowel known as diverticulitis; and hormone replacement therapy for an underactive thyroid gland.
  — New York Times, 4 Oct. 2019
• Thyroid problems: Excessive hair loss, or telogen effluvium, can be a sign that your thyroid gland is overactive (hyperthyroidism) or underactive (hypothyroidism).
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024