Basic review of thyroid problems
What is this unsightly lump on your neck? Probably goiter. The thyroid gland enlarges when it works overtime.
Most of what the thyroid does is the T4 hormone. This also makes some T3. Almost all T4 eventually turn into T3, and T3 is 10 times stronger than T4. This hormone enters every cell in the body and affects the speed at which cells burn energy and create new stored energy from the foods we digest. It's like a thermostat, accelerator and brake all together.
If it does not work, we have hypothyroidism, and if it works overtime, we have hyperthyroidism. When the goiter develops, the thyroid cells expand to produce more T3 and T4. This is a desperate attempt to make enough hormone. Swelling in the amount of gland is called inflammation, since θ. at the end of thyroiditis.
One who has a toxic goiter will have symptoms of thyrotoxicosis, such as hyperactivity, palpitations, weight loss, despite increased appetite and heat intolerance. And some goiters just remain inflamed and big, although blood tests seem normal ... so there are some secrets around this organ. Abuse not related to hormonal imbalances cannot cause any symptoms other than mass at the base of the neck. Carcinoma should always be asked when the mass is seen.
Naturopathic medicine treats non-cancer situations differently than pharmaceutical medicine. Medication presitizers want to give hormones in the form of tablets, when the thyroid gland is not enough, and when they do too much, they want to bring a surgeon and remove part or all of the thyroid gland. Functional doctors, naturopaths, and all nutritionists want to get to the root of the problem and provide the thyroid tissue with the nutrients necessary for self-healing.
The thyroid gland is one of many endocrine glands. All of these glands produce hormones and put them into the blood. When these molecular messengers are distributed in the systemic circulation, other parts of the body feel that they are, and if this part is sensitive to this hormone, it will react in some way. TSH or thyroid-stimulating hormone from the pituitary endocrine gland at the base of the brain is injected into the systemic circulation with the clear goal of dragging the endocrine gland of the thyroid gland into the neck to produce and release more thyroid hormone into the circulation. Thus, one endocrine gland can affect the other. And sometimes the endocrine gland can be stimulated to produce and drive the nerve out of the brain. It can become difficult. When assessing thyroid function, all these factors must be understood in order to find the cause of the problem.
The newest thing that struck the nutritional / functional medical realm, many years ago, was to dry the pill's thyroid tissue. The idea was that the actual glandular meat of the thyroid gland of a pig or cow, which would be reliably healthy, would have all the nutrients necessary to support our own human thyroids. Some time this product was removed from the shelves, but returned and is not widely used by pharmaceuticals.
Alternative medications that help the thyroid gland
Ninety percent of all thyroid goiter are caused by iodine deficiency. Norwegian Kelp is often recommended for this. Iodine, selenium, zinc, vitamin D, vitamin E, antioxidants, essential fats and amino acids ... are other numerous nutrients that can be taken orally to help the functioning of the thyroid gland.
Alternative medicine is actually the prescription of nutrients for diseases. Functional medicine is the same. Integrative medicine uses a medical diagnosis through laboratory testing of blood, hair and urine, and sometimes stool and saliva. The only real difference between alternative, functional, integrative and naturopathic prescribers and regular orthodontists, pharmaceuticals, is that the former use nutrients for drugs. Nutrients have no side effects and are very difficult to damage. But since they can really reduce the patient’s monthly pharmacy costs, there are incentives for the industry to divert people from nutrients. You will have to make your own decision. But you need to think that when you start to feel better, you want to reduce your allopathic medicine, discuss the changes with your prescribing doctor and see if you can feel better with a decrease in the number of medicines or the elimination of some of them, you will know what to do. .
