Why #1: If I wasn’t a difficult patient- I wouldn’t be talking to you right now, or you even been able to read this article. Or many other thyroid patient stories, for that matter. Many years ago when I got sick with hyperthyroidism I literally had to fight for my treatment options, even though I …
Thyroid Patient Stories- 10 Why’s of a Difficult Thyroid Patient
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Hair loss and Thyroid Disease If you ever wondered if there is something that can predict Graves’ Disease or Hyperthyroidism, it happens that there is. And it may sound funny- but this is a premature hair graying. I personally started to get gray hair when I was only 18. Of course there was …
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Reasons for Thyroid Hair Loss by Svetla Bankova Thyroid hair loss is one of the most terrible symptoms of Graves’ Disease and hyperthyroidism. For centuries, men, women and even children have had to endure the embarrassment and emotional pain caused by hair loss. There are number for reasons for hair loss. Some people experience higher …
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Health Coaching for Thyroid Patients- 7 Signs that You Need a Health Coach How many times you’ve said to yourself: I can’t do it, it’s too much, it’s overwhelming, I don’t know where to start, I need a plan and I can’t make one, and if I do, I can’t stick with …
Approximately twenty-five years ago, many cases of hyperthyroidism with cardiac failure were not even diagnosed. Many times the physician failed to appreciate that the cardiac failure resulted from the associated hyperthyroidism. Heart failure in hyperthyroidism is a manifestation of inability of this organ to meet the abnormal demands of an increased metabolism. Heart failure …
Radioactive Iodine Uptake Test. Non-blood thyroid tests. TSH, FT3 and FT4 Test Results for Graves’ Disease and Hyperthyroidism Why do you need Radioactive Iodine Uptake Test and is it dangerous? This is a simple explanation of teh mechanism: Because T4 contains much iodine, the thyroid gland must pull a large amount of iodine out from the …
THYROID DISEASE AND ITS HEALING Dr. Lawrence Wilson is a Nutrition and Lifestyle Consultant at Scottsdale and Prescott, Arizona, course author and instructor at University of Natural Medicine, Santa Fe, New Mexico and Westbrook University, Aztec, New Mexico; Author for the Eck Institute Bulletin (a monthly bulletin for physicians), Eck Institute of Applied Nutrition and …
L- Carnitine for Hyperthyroidism. The Supplement with Drastic Results for hyperthyroid patients The first studies published in the modern literature on the effects of L carnitine for hyperthyroidism came from post-war Germany in 1959, with the observation that L-carnitine had an impact on the hyper-functioning thyroid. Three years later the same researchers reported on the …
Overactive Thyroid Gland – Drama or Real Life Experience? by Svetla Bankova The Overactive Thyroid Gland (also known as hyperthyroidism) affects different people in different ways. Many experience weight loss (despite increased appetite), tiredness, nervous symptoms and a dislike of hot weather. Shakiness of the hands and awareness of a rapid heart beat and difficulty …
by Svetla Bankova Radioactive Iodine Treatment (RAI) is one of the most popular (and world wide recommended treatments) for Graves’ Disease and Hyperthyroidism. The debates whether it is helpful or not, dangerous or not, preferable or not, have been going on for decades. But why doctors in some parts of the world are not so …
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