Another overweight criminal.

[RICHARD]

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/ma...ticlekey=19712



Look up myxedema on Google...I didn't find any info on that or hypothyroidism that indicates the amount of weight gain/edema, but given that there is enough going on to produce the myxedema coma, which can be fatal, gaining 1,000 lbs would not surprise me.

Fast med terminology course?


Hypo means under or lower

Hyper meand over or above

She would have hyperthyroidism.


A Myxoma is a soft tumor and edema is a fluid swelling of tissue.

[Catty1]

Yes, hypo does mean 'under' - and when I searched out hypothyroidism, I came across myxedema. It seems to occur in very severe cases of hypothyroidism.

People with untreated hypo - or treated hyper - have weight gain as a side effect.

As her lawyer says:

Valdez has said Mayra Rosales, 27, suffers from myxedema, a thyroid disease that caused her to swell from about 220 pounds to her current bedridden state in only a few years.

I was trying to find out more about it...there is a tibular (sp?) and a pituitary kind...Google Images was a bit more helpful on this. I got the impression that the edema plus the slower metabolism work together to make the person HUGE. And - it's not always treatable.

RICHARD, maybe you would have the info I was looking for. Average weight gain of someone with this condition?

[blue]

Has Jerry Springer been informed?

[Catty1]

He'd have to take the crew THERE...and it would be a tad crowded!

[blue]

So maybe Heraldo Rivera guy then.

[RICHARD]

Yes, hypo does mean 'under' - and when I searched out hypothyroidism, I came across myxedema. It seems to occur in very severe cases of hypothyroidism.

People with untreated hypo - or treated hyper - have weight gain as a side effect.

As her lawyer says:

I was trying to find out more about it...there is a tibular (sp?) and a pituitary kind...Google Images was a bit more helpful on this. I got the impression that the edema plus the slower metabolism work together to make the person HUGE. And - it's not always treatable.

RICHARD, maybe you would have the info I was looking for. Average weight gain of someone with this condition?

With illnesses there isn't an average!

The weight is dependent on the person, type of tumor and many other reasons.

Hypothyroidism could be from a tumor around the thyroid, or a tumor of the thyroid.


I'm not a doctor! It sounds like the myxoma/edema is around the thyroid and is squeezing it into not producing Thyroid Juice-LOL, I have forgotten my anatomy/phyisology lessons!

The thyroid juice helps promote metabolism.

A direct tumor can have both effects on a thyroid, too much juice and not enough!

Anyway, sounds like she has a mass/tumor in her neck that is squeezing her thyroid, thus the huge weight gain.

This is just a guess!

P.S.

You have four lobes to a thryroid, the top left and right are parathyroids and the bottoms are just regular!

[Catty1]

Well, I guess if there are two on top, they'd HAVE to be a "pair a' thyroids".
(ducks to avoid crumpled sheets of paper)

[RICHARD]

Well, I guess if there are two on top, they'd HAVE to be a "pair a' thyroids".
(ducks to avoid crumpled sheets of paper)

LOL, that is one way to remember anatomical stuff...

DUCK!

[Sevaede]

I was under the impression that people with hypothyroidism tend to be underweight and hyperthyroidism leads to being overweight?

[jennielynn1970]

If she's 1000 lbs, and can hardly move, what was the point of putting her on house arrest?? Isn't that kind of redundant?

Where did it say she had some kind of disease that she was in a coma, or is that just pure conjecture? (Candace)

[RICHARD]

I was under the impression that people with hypothyroidism tend to be underweight and hyperthyroidism leads to being overweight?

Hyperthyroidism is the increased function of the gland. It makes more thyroid juice and that increases the MR and keeps a persons weight down.

IT is a little misleading!