I meant high blood sugar not high blood pressure. An edit button would be nice right now. :)
There is no link between hypothyroidism and Chiari mentioned in any medical journal or medical website. All comments are ancedotal. That isn't a bad thing however, as there is over a decade of ancedotal comments of the conviction that statin drugs (cholesterol lowering drugs) caused high blood sugar and type 2 diabetes. Last year the FDA ordered a black box warning for all statin drugs: risk of memory loss, confusion, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes. Never say never but for now it's a maybe/maybe not.
Hi and welcome to the Chiari forum.
Yes, many with Chiari have a auto immune thyroid condition called Hashimoto's.....this is often missed as many Drs only test TSH and they can result in "normal" levels...we need to have in addition to TSH , Free T3 and free T4 and TPO antibodies,
An ultra sound of the thyroid is helpful too.
Many thyroid issues can cause a loss of hair or alopecia.
Even the surgery itself may have a temp loss of hair as this is a trauma to the body.
I know that steroids should not be a long term solution as it is not good ....r the Drs true Chiari specialists?.