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91 Compared to healthy individuals, CKD patients TMAO levels significantly increased in blood and urine
General signs and symptoms of low thyroid function include fatigue, weakness, cold intolerance, low morning axillary temperatures (normally 97.8F to 98.2F taken for 10 minutes before getting out of bed and averaged over a 5-day period), weight changes (usually weight gain), and depression.36 Common musculoskeletal signs and symptoms include muscle pain, stiffness, muscle cramping, muscle weakness, paresthesias, arthropathy, and sluggish deep tendon reflexes.37 Other reported musculoskeletal-related symptoms associated with hypothyroidism include adhesive capsulitis of the shoulders, proximal myopathy, carpal tunnel syndrome, and polyneuropathy that tends to be primarily sensory but some- times exhibits motor weakness as well.38,39 The incidence of musculoskeletal symptoms with hypothyroidism has been reported by Khaleeli, et al40 to be as high as 30% to 80%, depending on the special interests of the diagnosing physician
In addition to delaying gastric emptying, GLP-1RAs exert direct effects on the central nervous system to suppress appetite and promote weight loss [9, 11]
This group of laxatives can therefore lead to melanosis coli, an increase in fat in the submucosa, atrophy of "smooth muscle and damage to intrinsic innervation.When there is a predominance of these last two aspects, the function of the large intestine is altered, as discussed elsewhere.The evidence of melanosis coli on a patient must immediately pose the problem on the harmful use of laxatives and symptoms of faecal stasis.In the absence of a history of abuse of anthraquinone laxatives, the finding of melanosis coli it requires further evaluation for the investigation of malignant neoplasm of the large intestine.
