The world is all atwitter with the recent revelation that Oprah Winfrey had gained back much of the weight she had previously lost, in part due to a hypo-active thyroid. Thyroid disease is incredibly common in women in particular, and especially in women shortly after they have given birth. My daughter was 28 months old ...
Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Graves Disease are both autoimmune thyroid diseases. Since they are autoimmune diseases, they can cycle from active to inactive phases with the active phases cycling in severity. Over time, Hashimoto’s usually leads to hypothyroidism, while Graves usually leads to hyperthyroidism. Though hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism can be easy to treat, treatment of autoimmune ...
Testing for a thyroid disorder is commonly believed to be as simple as giving a blood sample, making a diagnosis and prescribing a medication. For some patients, however, the thyroid disorder requires much more extensive diagnostic tools. From a personal account, I can attest to the pain and complications that are associated with the thyroid ...
One of the most heard medical problems is the thyroid problem. So, what are the causes of thyroid problems? Causes for thyroid problems can range from simple nutritional imbalance to very complicated factors that are intrinsically connected with the biological functioning of thyroid. Thus, before we go into the causes of problems, it would be ...
If you have been diagnosed with hypothyroidism, you are not alone. Millions of Americans have been diagnosed with this condition (it is estimated that millions more go undiagnosed). It is most likely that your doctor has prescribed you the drug levothyroxine (common brand names include Synthroid and Levoxyl), which is a synthetic version of the ...
In order to understand the diet for underactive thyroid, you need to understand that our bodies are amazing in that there are so many parts to it that most of us never hear of, let alone understand the function of. The thyroid gland, which is the focus for the diet for underactive thyroid, modulates the ...
