According to the New Zealand Dermatological Society (NZDS), symptoms that may be related to an overactive thyroid gland include increased skin smoothness and moistness, warm skin, generalized itching (pruritus), hives (urticaria), increased skin pigmentation and a flushing of the face and hands.nderactive Thyroid Effects. An underactive thyroid can cause a condition known as hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism can affect the skin in a number of ways. A condition known as carotenaemia may develop, characterized by the skin turning yellowish in color. The skin may also become cold, pale and dry.
In 1952, he was elected to the Senate. In 1960, Kennedy won the party's presidential nomination and defeated Richard Nixon in the subsequent election that same year. At 43, he was the country's youngest president as well as its first Catholic head of state.
In the 1960 campaign, Johnson, as John F. Kennedy's running mate, was elected Vice President. On November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Lyndon Baines Johnson became the 36 th President. Learn more about the events of that fateful day in our exhibit, Tragedy and Transition.