| There is an old saying that says the "quality of your life | | | | The most common reason for low thyroid function in |
| is dependent upon the quality of the questions you | | | | the United States is from an autoimmune destruction |
| ask." I have found this to be true. This statement also | | | | of the thyroid gland. This is called Hashimoto's |
| holds the key to why many hypothyroid patients suffer | | | | Autoimmune Thryoid. This literally means that immune |
| with less than optimal quality of life. | | | | system has become confused and is actively killing |
| When a patient presents with low thyroid function in | | | | your own gland. |
| the conventional healthcare system the most important | | | | So let's assume that the reason for the problem in |
| question is rarely asked. Patients are immediately given | | | | Hashimoto's disease and you get the standard |
| thyroid replacement hormones, but nobody asks, "Why | | | | replacement therapy. As the gland is destroyed by the |
| did the thyroid stop working in the first place?" | | | | immune system it will be unable to produce as much |
| Now that is a quality question for several reasons, the | | | | hormone as it used to. As time goes by and more |
| most important being that this line of questioning results | | | | destruction takes place then the dosage of the |
| in the exploration of the underlying cause. A doctor | | | | hormone must be increased to make up for the |
| interested in the patient's quality of life and well being is | | | | additional loss. |
| going to understand and explore the many | | | | So what should be done in this situation? The focus of |
| mechanisms that can decrease thyroid production. If | | | | the care should be on dampening the immune attack |
| the cause of the problem is not discovered and | | | | against the thyroid gland. This can be accomplished by |
| treated how can we expect the patient to feel normal | | | | systematically removing immune triggers from the |
| again? | | | | body, and running specialized immune laboratory tests |
| If you suffer with a thyroid problem then what I am | | | | including lymphocyte panels and cytokine panels. |
| explaining is ringing true. You went to your doctor | | | | Specialized testing allows us to determine the current |
| because you were probably suffering with some of | | | | configuration of the immune system, and devise |
| these symptoms: | | | | dietary and nutritional support protocols to affect the |
| - Tired and sluggish | | | | individual's unique physiology, and also creates reliable |
| - Having difficulty losing weight even with exercise | | | | markers to use to determine the amount of progress |
| - Feeling cold in your hands and feet | | | | being made with the support therapy. |
| - Requiring excessive amounts of sleep to function | | | | The tendency for conventional healthcare practitioners |
| properly | | | | to give thyroid replacement and never ask why or |
| - and a number of other hypothyroid symptoms A | | | | investigate the underlying source of the loss of thyroid |
| TSH test was run that indicated that you have a | | | | hormone causes thyroid patients to suffer and they |
| thyroid problem. Then you were given a prescription | | | | shouldn't have to. The most common cause of |
| for synthetic thyroid hormone and sent on your way. | | | | hypothyroidism in the United States is Hashimoto's |
| You may feel better, even significantly better in the | | | | Disease, an autoimmune disease against the thyroid |
| beginning, with the replacement hormone. | | | | gland. By removing immune triggers and measuring the |
| Still nobody has asked what went wrong and how did | | | | immune system with specialized testing, a natural |
| this happen? There are over 22 different reasons and | | | | support protocol to dampen the immune attack can be |
| mechanisms for why your thyroid gland is not working | | | | devised, addressing the source of the problem, the |
| optimally, and only one of those scenarios will respond | | | | way it should always be. |
| well to thyroid replacement. | | | | |