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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
5 Red Flags That Your Hypothyroid Condition Is Managed Poorly - And What To Do Next
"We checked your latest thyroid labs and now they are reading in the "normal" range now, your just depressed, you need to see a psychiatrist." These are dangerous words that are delivered to thyroid patients every single day.
The Endocrine Society states that eighty to ninety percent of hypothyroidism in the United States, is caused from an immune attack on the thyroid attack called Hashimoto's Autoimmune Thyroid.
This means the cause of the low function is your immune system attacking your own gland. Your hormone levels will slowly begin to drop because it constantly loses cells from the immune attack.
Here are 5 Critical Clues that you could have hypothyroidism from an autoimmune attack, and that the treatment your are currently receiving is not adequate for your particular condition:
1)The dose of your hormone pill continually goes up over time.
If your endocrinologist is constantly having your hormone dosage increased, this indicates that your are losing more and more function of your thyroid.
Your immune system is most likely the culprit. Replacement Hormones does not take into account the continual immune attack against the gland. If your doctor isn't treating the immune attack, you are guaranteed that you will continue suffering.
2)Your doctor will tell you that your lab panel is "normal", but you will still suffer with the same thyroid symptoms.
If your latest labs indicate that your hormone levels are in the "normal range", and you continue suffering with the same symptoms, you are most likely not getting the proper management of your hypothyroidism.
This is a huge sign that you have Autoimmune Thyroid. The immune proteins, called cytokines, that your immune system uses to communicate amongst each other, block the hormone receptor sites. This would indicate you can have normal hormone levels showing on a lab report, and still not have abnormal thyroid response in the individual cells.
If you don't work on the immune system you will never fix this problem.
3)Did your endocrinologist run TPO and TBG antibody tests to discover if you were autoimmune?
If you suffer with hypothyroidism, then it is extremely likely that you have Autoimmune Thyroid. If your endocrinologist didn't even take the time to check antibody levels, or completely refuses to check antibody levels, you are most likely not receiving the proper treatment.
The antibodies that must be checked are Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies (TPO Ab) and Thyroglobulin Antibodies (TBG Ab).
4) Your doctor constantly checks your levels of antibodies.
This may seem counter-intuitive since I just mentioned that you should have your antibody levels checked. I include this because, replacement hormones do not affect the immune system.
What is the point of always checking antibody levels if the treatment has no affect on the immune system.
Thyroid hormones do not affect the immune system so if your doctor is trying to lower the antibody levels with replacement hormones, you are not getting the corrent therapy for the immune system.
Watch for this. It is a sign that your doctor really doesn't understand the mechanisms causing your problem.
5)Your remaining low thyroid symptoms get treated with a bunch of individual prescriptions.
If you are getting treated with depression pills for hypothyroid based depression, it means that the thyroid hormone treatment is likely not working. With Autoimmune Thyroid you can have "normal" thyroid hormone levels and still continue to suffer with symptoms, which may include depression. Treatment needs to be focused on modulating the immune system, if you want to fix the real cause of the problem.
If you suffer with hypothyroidism, and you live in the United States, then the most likely reason you have this condition is from an immune reaction called Hashimoto's Disease.
Treating this condition with replacement hormone, while ignoring the critical immune component, is like treating a slow bleed with blood transfusions and forgetting about trying to stop the actual bleeding. Without calming and modulating the immune system then the vicious cycle of thyroid gland destruction, by your immune system, will continue. You can use these red flags outlined as a guide to help you determine if you are receiving proper management of your low thyroid condition.
The Endocrine Society states that eighty to ninety percent of hypothyroidism in the United States, is caused from an immune attack on the thyroid attack called Hashimoto's Autoimmune Thyroid.
This means the cause of the low function is your immune system attacking your own gland. Your hormone levels will slowly begin to drop because it constantly loses cells from the immune attack.
Here are 5 Critical Clues that you could have hypothyroidism from an autoimmune attack, and that the treatment your are currently receiving is not adequate for your particular condition:
1)The dose of your hormone pill continually goes up over time.
If your endocrinologist is constantly having your hormone dosage increased, this indicates that your are losing more and more function of your thyroid.
Your immune system is most likely the culprit. Replacement Hormones does not take into account the continual immune attack against the gland. If your doctor isn't treating the immune attack, you are guaranteed that you will continue suffering.
2)Your doctor will tell you that your lab panel is "normal", but you will still suffer with the same thyroid symptoms.
If your latest labs indicate that your hormone levels are in the "normal range", and you continue suffering with the same symptoms, you are most likely not getting the proper management of your hypothyroidism.
This is a huge sign that you have Autoimmune Thyroid. The immune proteins, called cytokines, that your immune system uses to communicate amongst each other, block the hormone receptor sites. This would indicate you can have normal hormone levels showing on a lab report, and still not have abnormal thyroid response in the individual cells.
If you don't work on the immune system you will never fix this problem.
3)Did your endocrinologist run TPO and TBG antibody tests to discover if you were autoimmune?
If you suffer with hypothyroidism, then it is extremely likely that you have Autoimmune Thyroid. If your endocrinologist didn't even take the time to check antibody levels, or completely refuses to check antibody levels, you are most likely not receiving the proper treatment.
The antibodies that must be checked are Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies (TPO Ab) and Thyroglobulin Antibodies (TBG Ab).
4) Your doctor constantly checks your levels of antibodies.
This may seem counter-intuitive since I just mentioned that you should have your antibody levels checked. I include this because, replacement hormones do not affect the immune system.
What is the point of always checking antibody levels if the treatment has no affect on the immune system.
Thyroid hormones do not affect the immune system so if your doctor is trying to lower the antibody levels with replacement hormones, you are not getting the corrent therapy for the immune system.
Watch for this. It is a sign that your doctor really doesn't understand the mechanisms causing your problem.
5)Your remaining low thyroid symptoms get treated with a bunch of individual prescriptions.
If you are getting treated with depression pills for hypothyroid based depression, it means that the thyroid hormone treatment is likely not working. With Autoimmune Thyroid you can have "normal" thyroid hormone levels and still continue to suffer with symptoms, which may include depression. Treatment needs to be focused on modulating the immune system, if you want to fix the real cause of the problem.
If you suffer with hypothyroidism, and you live in the United States, then the most likely reason you have this condition is from an immune reaction called Hashimoto's Disease.
Treating this condition with replacement hormone, while ignoring the critical immune component, is like treating a slow bleed with blood transfusions and forgetting about trying to stop the actual bleeding. Without calming and modulating the immune system then the vicious cycle of thyroid gland destruction, by your immune system, will continue. You can use these red flags outlined as a guide to help you determine if you are receiving proper management of your low thyroid condition.
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