Thyroid Care in Loxahatchee, West Palm Beach & Belle Glade, FL

What it involves

Thyroid care is an ongoing part of primary care that involves regular visits with your provider to discuss your health history and any management approach that fits your situation. Your provider will talk with you directly about your care and answer any questions you have.

Who this is for

• Patients who have been told by a provider they have a thyroid condition and want ongoing primary care
• Patients establishing care with a new primary care provider after a prior thyroid diagnosis
• Patients who want thyroid care coordinated with their other primary care needs
• Patients returning for a follow-up visit related to thyroid care

What to expect

• A conversation with your provider about your health history and current care
• Follow-up visits scheduled at a cadence your provider recommends for your situation
• Coordination with other primary care needs during the same visit when appropriate
• Same-day scheduling available across all three office locations

How a thyroid issue usually first comes up

Thyroid conditions rarely announce themselves clearly. Patients more often come in describing fatigue that doesn't make sense given how much they're sleeping, weight that's shifted without a change in diet, feeling unusually cold or unusually warm compared to everyone else in the room, or a change in mood or energy they can't otherwise explain. None of those symptoms point to the thyroid on their own, which is exactly why it's a primary care conversation first — your provider looks at the whole picture, including lab work, before deciding whether the thyroid is actually the cause. Constant tiredness is the symptom that brings many people in, and the fatigue and tiredness evaluation guide explains how a provider sorts thyroid causes from sleep, medicines, anemia, and other possibilities. Constipation is another symptom that can go with an underactive thyroid, as the constipation guide notes among the health problems that slow bowel movements. An overactive thyroid is one of the medical causes MedlinePlus lists for unintentional weight loss, as the unintentional weight loss guide explains.

Lab work is where thyroid care actually starts

A thyroid-related visit almost always involves bloodwork, since the gland's function is measured through hormone levels in the blood rather than a physical exam alone. Your provider will order the specific labs that make sense for your symptoms, review the results with you directly, and explain what they mean in plain language rather than handing you a printout of numbers. If the results point to a thyroid condition, your provider discusses what managing it looks like day to day — this is ongoing primary care, not a one-time test and done. Local pages describe how this works at the Loxahatchee office with Dr. Sareen and at the Belle Glade office with Dr. Sebastian. Weight that rises for no clear reason is one reason people ask about a thyroid test, and the unexplained weight gain evaluation page explains the other causes a provider considers. The thyroid blood tests explained guide walks through TSH, T4, T3, and antibody results. Hormone conditions are among the medical conditions NIAMS lists as raising the risk of osteoporosis, and the osteoporosis and bone density guide explains. Hair loss is one of the symptoms that can lead to thyroid testing, and the hair loss guide explains the other causes a provider considers.

Managing an existing diagnosis at one of our offices

If you've already been diagnosed with a thyroid condition elsewhere — whether years ago or recently — establishing care at Serenity By A Dr. Sareen means your provider picks up where your prior records leave off: reviewing your current management, checking in on how you've been feeling, and adjusting the plan with you as needed at regular follow-ups. Bringing your most recent lab results to your first visit helps your new provider get up to speed faster, though it's not required to get started. Thyroid problems are one possible cause of a racing heartbeat, and the heart palpitations evaluation page lists the other causes a provider considers.

Thyroid Care by location

• Thyroid Care in Loxahatchee
• Thyroid Care in West Palm Beach
• Thyroid Care in Belle Glade