Color Sensitivity
March 26, 2011 1:43 AM Subscribe
What is "color sensitivity", in the context of it being a symptom of hypothyroidism? It appears on this list of symptoms, but I can't find anything else that will tell me how someone with hypothyroidism might experience color sensitivity.
Does it mean they are like a super-taster and experience colors "better" (more intense/vidid)? Or worse - as being muddy or grey? I suppose that would fit in better with the pattern of things being lessened in the other symptoms. Or is it just that Wikipedia is not always reliable?
This study abstract comes tantalizingly close, but uses the words a lot without actually saying what they mean. Or maybe I'm just not good with reading comprehension, and you can enlighten me. I don't have access to the full text.
Does it mean they are like a super-taster and experience colors "better" (more intense/vidid)? Or worse - as being muddy or grey? I suppose that would fit in better with the pattern of things being lessened in the other symptoms. Or is it just that Wikipedia is not always reliable?
This study abstract comes tantalizingly close, but uses the words a lot without actually saying what they mean. Or maybe I'm just not good with reading comprehension, and you can enlighten me. I don't have access to the full text.
Response by poster: So in depression color sensitivity is impaired and stuff looks grayish. But the WP phrasing is I guess ambiguous because it doesn't specify if there's more or less of it. I guess it makes sense that it's the one that's correlated with depression, because that's another symptom. I needed help logic-ing that out, so thanks. I was also hoping to get some better sources.
posted by amethysts at 2:34 AM on March 26, 2011
posted by amethysts at 2:34 AM on March 26, 2011
Sensitivity to light can be a symptom of hypothyroid; I'm wondering if "Light Sensitivity" was somehow morphed into "Color Sensitivity" by a WP editor.
posted by camyram at 5:01 AM on March 26, 2011
posted by camyram at 5:01 AM on March 26, 2011
I've never seen it on other lists of hypothyroid symptoms. I think 'cold sensitivity' got typo'd, and no one has caught it.
posted by kestrel251 at 8:50 AM on March 26, 2011 [3 favorites]
posted by kestrel251 at 8:50 AM on March 26, 2011 [3 favorites]
Just another reason not to use Wikipedia for your medical information.
posted by gramcracker at 1:38 PM on March 26, 2011
posted by gramcracker at 1:38 PM on March 26, 2011
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As for the WP article, neither of the two working sources for that section mention "color sensitivity."
posted by Sys Rq at 2:28 AM on March 26, 2011