The thyroid is main gland responsible for energy production and stimulating metabolism in the body. The thyroid gland sits right below the Adam’s apple in the front of the throat. It works in conjunction with the adrenal glands and the pituitary. The pituitary gland controls all the glands in the body. Receptors in the brain sense when a hormone is too low or too high and then the pituitary secretes messenger hormones to the different glands and tells them to either increase or decrease productions of the specific hormones. So the pituitary is the master control gland. The thyroid is the “metabolic Accelerator” and the adrenal glands help the body adapt to all forms of stress (emotional. Infections, blood sugar etc.). So, whenever a patient comes to office fatigue and low energy, I always investigate the thyroid.
Many factors influence the health of the thyroid. These factors include: prolonged stress whether from blood sugar imbalances, chronic infections, or psychological, inadequate nutrition, toxic exposure other hormone imbalances and immune system dysregulation (especially autoimmune).
The most common problem with the thyroid is hypothyroidism. The main symptoms of Hypothyroidism are:
- Low energy
- Tend to have lower tolerance to cold
- Coarse and spares hair
- Tend to lose the outer 1/3 of the eye brow
- Puffy and baggy eyes
- Poor wound healing
- Oily Skin
- Depression
- Slow starter in the mornings
- Gains weight easily
- Low tolerance for exercise
Now there are other symptoms of hypothyroidism and other conditions can cause some of these symptoms. And there are several different types of hypothyroidism. That is why a through consultation and laboratory work-up is essential.
The main types of hypothyroidism are: Primary Hypothyroidism, Secondary Hypothyroidism, Thyroid Hormone Underconversion, Elevated Thyroid Binding Globulins, Decreased Thyroid Binding Globulins and Autoimmune Hypothyroidism or Hashimotos. Without getting over-complicated the first three problems are usually caused by prolonged mental and physiological stress, inadequate nutrition, toxic exposure, hormone imbalances and immune system problems. The solution involves repairing the thyroid with targeted nutritional and herbal formulas, removing the stressors and toxins and any other hormone imbalances especially the adrenal glands. Autoimmune Hypothyroidism is really an immune problem. It requires figuring out what is driving the immune system to attack the thyroid and determining if the person is Th1 or Th2 dominant. Autoimmune Hypothyroidism is controlled by fixing the immune system problem.
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