A student in the class always is complaining that she's cold, she's tired, she's been gaining weight but says she just doesn't care about anything anymore. The semester has been tough, and although you feel guilty, at first you ignore her, but just now as you looked up, her neck appears to be enlarged in the front and her skin and hair look dry. What do you think she might have?

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The symptoms described, such as feeling cold, tiredness, weight gain, apathy, dry skin and hair, and an enlarged neck (goiter), are indicative of hypothyroidism, which is commonly caused by Hashimoto's disease.

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