I do not have health insurance, but will hopefully be getting some soon so I can start going to a doctor. I am trying to get some idea's of what I might have though, so I can atleast reasearch what causes some of these things and any little steps I can take to help, until I can see a doctor to find out for sure. Here are the things I deal with on a regular basis that I can think of right now.
Hair loss: over the last 2 years my hair and thinned out and i've lost a lot of it. After only a few days my brush is full of hair, every time I take a shower tons of hairs falls down to the drain, and through out the day i'm lossing hair every where I go. In the last 2 years my pony tail size has recuded to about 1/3 to 1/4 of what it use to be. I use to have to wear pony tails for fast food jobs, but anytime I wasn't at work my hair was down.
Irregular periods, I usually don't go more than 2 months in a row of my period being regular, usually i'm a week early or 1-2 weeks late.
Very dry skin. I have found that petroleum jelly works great for dry skin so I put it on at night on my hands, arms, feet, and sometimes legs, depending how dry they are. After a few days my skin for the most part is smooth and not dry or oily, but if I miss more than 2 nights of putting it on, my skin dryes up pretty bad
excessive sweating
joint pain, especially in the knees. I have had my knee's looked at and went through therapy but there were many things that they thought might be the cause and even after therapy it would have taken a lot more tests to figure out what the true problem was. I had to move and then lost my health insurance which is why I wasn't able to finish.
Easily lose my breath, I have exercise induces asthma
i go through phases where I get "hot flashes." it can be cold or the temperature just fine and I will suddenly get really hot for no reason.
I get random abdominal pain, as well as a shapr pain in the entire area below my belly button almost anytime I have to poop, and occassionally when I need to pee.
I'm only 21. Since high school i've dealt with irregular periods and excessive sweating, at 18 I got my knee pains, 6 months later and shortly after my 19th birthday, I noticed quite a bit of hair loss.
Since then i've noticed abdominal pain that wasn't related to starting my period. Dry skin has also gotten worse over the past 2 years.
Any ideas? Anything to get me started in researching? If I know what my symptoms tend to lean towards, then I can research those different things, and it'll give me a better idea of other symptoms to look for so that when I go into the doc, i'll have a better idea of what they'll need to know about my symptoms. Thanks