I finally had a doctor who ran additional tests and I was diagnosed and started taking meds and it was like a whole new life! Well they matter to the person who wants to be able to get out of bed in the morning and be able to function!!! Stop spreading this nonsense! Agree Joan, it would be different if the Dr was unable to get out of bed and function normally.
My doctor told me I was fine for years. TSH perfect. I have hypo and Hashimotos with adrenal fatique Low cortisol, low natural hormones. Low B12, Low D. Began seeing a functional medicine endocrinologist. Finally I am feeling better. This is a nice article by Dr. Campos, and I think he draws reasonable, conventional, conclusions. I proffer no criticism in my comments.
Certainly, this is an important question which deserves continuing research. I do not imply that argument. What it means in regard to an indication to treat, or who to treat, is clearly something else.
I hope we encourage more clinical studies in which we evaluate, in the normal double-blinded manner, fatigue levels, mortality and morbidity, behavioral and mood changes, and other QOL considerations. T-3 is being given by many physicians now with the belief, based on their clinical experiences, that it is helpful.
We need to have an open expression of views so we can have access to the data available from those treating their patients. Such situations can drive physicians who follow practices that might lie outside of, or straddle, clinical orthodoxy underground.
It isolates and may be unfair to them. It certainly impedes resolution of such issues in the normal scientific manner. I wholly disagree. My TSH was under 10 but I was very symptomatic. My doctor was skeptical, but my numbers got worse and I was put on a thyroxine trial after months and months of suffering. I could have been spared what I went through. I have been on 75mcg for about 11 years and have never tested hyperthyroid.
So no over- medication there, doc. Your arguments are totally wrong and out of the arc. They develop other conditions, requiring statins, diabetes meds, blood-pressure meds or vasodilators, water tablets, anti-inflammatories for joint and muscle pain, migraine meds, IBS meds and anti- depressants. Regarding only testing TSH. Question: if you extrapolate how many people have thyroid disease in the world and calculate the number of people not captured by the TSH test, I wonder how many people would remain sick in your claimed.
What do you do for those individuals? That being said, there is plenty of research to demonstrate that TSH is not a perfect test as it tests a pituitary hormone, is not a direct measure and relies on the idea of a perfect HPT axis.
Many people diagnosed with a thyroid condition are surprised that such a small gland can have such a profound impact on overall health and well-being. But the thyroid gland plays an enormous role in human health.
Throughout life, this busy gland is constantly producing hormones that influence metabolism. When disease causes your thyroid gland to slack off and underproduce thyroid hormone, or overwork and produce too much of it, you'll know something isn't right.
Thyroid Disease: Understanding hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism will help you recognize the symptoms and find the right treatment before you experience the long-term effects of this common condition.
You can take a saliva cortisol test or a urine cortisol test to assess adrenal hormones. Your body needs to convert T4 into T3 to be able to use it. If the conversion of T4 to T3 is weak, you may experience some common hypothyroid symptoms. Leptin is a protein produced by fatty tissue that helps to regulate fat storage in the body. If the body shows resistance to leptin, where the leptin is unable to produce its usual effects to stimulate weight loss, the body senses it as starvation.
Then, the body increases fat stores instead of burning excess fat. Similarly, insulin resistance , diabetes, or metabolic syndrome may also impact the conversion of T4 to T3. Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas that regulates the amount of glucose in the blood.
If the body shows resistance to insulin, your muscle tissues and liver don't easily take up glucose. Instead, the body will store the excess sugar in the fat cells. Acute or chronic dieting can significantly decrease T3 levels, which substantially reduces metabolic function. The thyroid levels and metabolism aren't able to return to normal levels with chronic dieting. The body stays in starvation mode for years, making it challenging to lose or maintain lost weight.
It's essential to fuel your body with enough calories, focusing on nutrient-rich foods like fruits, veggies, wild-caught fish, nuts, and seeds. Numerous toxins can block tissue thyroid receptors and reduce the T4 to T3 conversion. Often human-made, these chemicals are in everyday products that we use and ingest, including plastic bottles, detergents, food, toys, cosmetics, and pesticides. If your lab results come back normal, but you still experience symptoms that resemble hypothyroidism, take steps to find a trustworthy primary care physician.
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Schedule a call. Find out if Paloma is right for you. Schedule a free call with one of our health care advisors. Schedule a Call. All rights reserved. The Care the care. The science the Science. Learn Learn. Low thyroid hormones, or Hypothyroidism is a relatively common condition, moreso in women, but also in men. Thyroid levels can change as we age, especially when entering perimenopause and menopause, but can also occur at any age. Low thyroid symptoms can include:.
Unfortunately, this is all too common, and the problem lies not with YOU as your doctors might suggest , but with inadequate testing and improper reading of the results. It is considered standard practice by many physicians to check only your TSH thyroid stimulating hormone level, and possibly your T4 levels.
IF they see a problem with your TSH, only then may they order more testing. Even if a wider panel is run, a patient can still be in normal range and yet still have low thyroid symptoms. This can be extremely frustrating to be told that nothing is wrong with you, but yet you still feel bad. Lab ranges were originally designed to identify a disease in process for the physician. These values are decades old, and our bodies, needs, and lifestyles have changed greatly since then.
The standardized range for Thyroid Stimulating Hormone is 0. A patient can have a result of 2. Even if someone does have a test result out of normal range, and begins treatment, they still may not feel better. The standard treatment for hypothyroidism is to prescribe a synthetic form of T4.
Lastly, if you have been diagnosed with Hypothyroidism, it is extremely common for a doctor to prescribe a synthetic thyroid medication. Levothyroxine is the most common synthetic ingredient, and can be found in such medications as Synthroid, Levoxyl, Unithroid, and Levothroid. Synthetic thyroid medications can cause your levels of TSH to show normal, but the medication may not be getting into your cells, so you are still symptomatic.
Bioidentical thyroid medications are made up of a natural desiccated thyroid. They are marketed under a few different names such as Armour Thyroid and Naturethroid. They also include other thyroid hormones such as T1 and T2.
Patients who switch from synthetic forms of medication to bioidentical often report feeling better. And there is another option, which is a compounded bioidentical thyroid replacement consisting largely of T3. Our practitioners here at Renewed Vitality of Dallas are experts in treating disorders of the thyroid and low thyroid symptoms, along with other hormonal imbalances, which affect overall health.
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