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Diagnosing unusual conditions
Thyroid
Because of weakness, soreness in knees and legs and legs buckling, the Rheumatologist checked Pearl’s blood for hypothyroidism – underactive thyroid. It indicated low in a test done two weeks after diagnosis but was found normal in a repeat test two weeks later. Another symptom of low thyroid metabolism is low body temperature as Pearl experienced during the temporal artery biopsy a few weeks earlier when her temperature was only 95 degrees.