HYPOTHYREOIDISM - Some things to think about...

Before starting on the subject of HYPOTHYREOIDISM, learn the BASICS about the thyroid.

When it comes to HYPOTHYREOIDISM, understand:

• Many people have it and don't know it.
• It can cause or maintain/aggravate many symptoms and diseases.
• Many patients have an INCOMPLETE or even inadequate assessment of their thyroid, the hormones it produces and their effects on the body and mind - this sometimes leads to insufficient or even wrong treatments.
• Treating hypothyroidism correctly is much more than “just” giving patients Puran, Euthyrox, Synthroid or Levoid (and similar, Levothyroxine Sodium).

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Then watch the videos below, UPDATED, on the subject.

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Some aspects covered in the videos:

• Many cases of hypothyroidism out there, especially in women
• Many symptoms or illnesses treated with medication are actually caused or aggravated by hypothyroidism
• Details about the thyroid, where it is, what it's for, how it works, who controls it, what it produces:
• Produces mainly T4 and little T3
• FINAL function of the thyroid: to produce T3 for the body (via T4 which is produced and converted into T3 in the body!)
• What is Hypothyroidism? A deficiency of T4 (which turns into too little T3) or directly a deficiency of T3!
• Who can diagnose and treat (not just endocrinologists!)

Look for professionals who go beyond just prescribing T4 and increasing doses, who diagnose Hashimoto's, but who also take measures to improve/prevent the progression of the disease, taking into account the context and other factors that affect it.

Symptoms of Hypothyroidism:

• Tiredness
• Constipation
• Oversleeping, daytime sleepiness
• Sadness or depression (also affects serotonin), as well as irritability and anxiety
• Hair loss, brittle nails and dry skin
• Sudden weight gain (which can include water retention and fat gain!)
• Constant feeling of cold or sensitivity to cold
• Decreased libido
• Sudden muscle aches and pains for no apparent reason
• Bradycardia
• Mental confusion, slowness and memory disorders
• High blood pressure (mucin, excess cholesterol/triglycerides)
• Increased appetite and changes in food tastes (search for more energy in food)
• RARE: Only in more advanced cases - neck and throat discomfort

Relevant lifestyle factors:

• Adequate intake of tyrosine, iodine, iron, copper, zinc and selenium
• Role of other hormones: leptin, progesterone, testosterone
• Exposure to heavy metals and toxins (including fluoride)

Diagnostic tests:

• Thyroid tests and direct correlates (TSH, free T3, reverse T3, free T4, thyroglobulin, anti-TPO, anti-thyroglobulin)
• Image? Nodules and cysts do not necessarily affect thyroid function!

HYPOTHYREOIDISM - A few more things for you to think about...

Now a few more points for you to think about:

1 - How do you think the thyroid will be able to produce T4 if the body doesn't receive enough of the basic nutrients it needs to do so (for example, the amino acid tyrosine and the mineral iodine)? In other words: in many cases, wouldn't it be interesting, before giving T4, to first provide the body with the raw materials it needs to produce its hormones? Couldn't that be what's missing (or mainly what's missing)?

2 - Often a “lazy” thyroid is just obeying brain orders compatible with a “lazy organism”, i.e. when you increase your level of daily activity and good lifestyle habits, it (the thyroid) “wakes up”, along with your metabolism: without good lifestyle habits, neither the thyroid works properly nor your T4 will be adequately converted into T3;

3 - If your body doesn't convert T4 well into T3, which is common nowadays (for example, due to a lack of Selenium, Zinc or Testosterone), you can use all the T4 in the world and you'll probably still have symptoms of hypothyroidism, since T3 is the really active thyroid hormone;

4 - If your immune system is unbalanced, it can attack the thyroid and this can lead to disorders, so balance it out! What mainly unbalances the immune system: bad lifestyle habits (Find out which ones and how to improve them: https://icaro.med.br/15habitos/ e https://icaro.med.br/SAUDE/ ) and stress;

5 - Hormones interact/act with each other: it is often imbalances in other hormones that cause (or worsen) thyroid function. In other words: evaluating and “treating” the thyroid as if it were an isolated part of the body is often the cause of failure or unsatisfactory results...