Hashimoto's is a common autoimmune disease with an easy-to-recognize effect on the thyroid gland. In the US, it's said that Hashimoto's is the major cause of hypothyroidism or low thyroid.
The exact cause of Hashimoto’s is still unclear, but current research suggests that environmental factors like diet, stress, infections and toxins may contribute to it. Hashimoto Online Consultation Los Angeles
The problem with Hashimoto's is that conventional medicine attempt to put the symptoms at bay, rather than addressing the root issue.
Doctors can't always detect Hashimoto's problems in the early stages since it often looks like depression. With Functional Medicine, doctors use a detailed root-cause analysis so Hashimoto's can be identified easily.
In this post we will discuss Hashimoto's disease. The conventional medicinal approach to Thyroid's is to suppress its symptoms with drugs, which isn't very successful. Functional medicine considers the holistic well-being of the patient and provides treatments that aim to maintain or restore it. We also cover what has been uncovered about Hashimoto's disease and how it affects the thyroid gland.
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What is Hashimoto's disease?
The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped endocrine organ in the neck. The thyroid gland produces different hormones, such as thyroxine or TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone)
The thyroid hormones are essential for regulating metabolism, which is the amount of calories that a person burns. It regulates various body functions by using thyroid hormones.
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis is an autoimmune condition caused by the body's own antibodies attacking its tissue cells including those present in the thyroid gland, causing it to swell up.
Hashimoto's Disease may worsen if your environment exposes you to radioactive materials or harmful chemicals, don't smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol from unpurified sources. Make sure you get enough iodine from foods and supplements and try to cut down on stress, as well as carefully read the side effects of any medication you're taking.
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Symptoms of Hashimoto's disease
Hashimoto's disease usually progresses gradually over the course of years. Though it causes chronic damage to your thyroid gland, this isn't felt most of the time. To start, most people don't experience distinct symptoms in the early stages. Symptoms of Hashimoto's disease are not very different from those caused by an underactive thyroid
Examples of Hashimoto's disease include the following:
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Diagnosis of Hashimoto's disease
Making an autoimmune diagnosis early on will improve the prognosis and quality of life for people with Hashimoto's disease. The tests typically used to diagnose Hashimoto's disease are a blood test and an ultrasound.
The diagnosis of thyroid disease is confirmed by the presence of anti-thyrocyte antibodies in the patient’s blood.
While conventional and functional medical approaches to the problem may seem similar, conventional medicine doctors start with thyroid hormone testing. There is a good chance that Hashimoto's problems are left out with these tests alone.
Tests for thyroid disorders include TSH, T3, T4, Reverse T3 and thyroid antibodies. Whenever these are positive for Hashimoto's disease it is diagnosed.
Conventional medicine approach for Hashimoto's thyroiditis
When Hashimoto's disease is treated by conventional methods, the physician will replace thyroid hormone.
Conventional medicine often does not help to identify the underlying cause of a disease. The goal in this approach is usually simply to relieve symptoms and manage side effects from medication.
If you are on drugs for the rest of your life, your symptoms will keep getting worse.
Doctors usually don't give recommendations for diet changes or lifestyle improvements when giving out prescriptions. Thus, regardless of being on drugs, your headache or high blood pressure won't be cured if there are underlying issues with your diet. For example, you have gluten sensitivity and will not see any results if you continue to consume it in large quantities.
Functional Medicine Approach For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Functional medicine practitioners diagnose symptoms differently. They look at what's causing symptoms instead of just symptoms themselves, which isn't the same as other approaches to health care.
There's a theory in Functional Medicine that issues outside of the thyroid can related to it becoming autoimmune. For example, a gut issue may cause your body to attack the thyroid since it was still under attack from something else.
Lots of signs can show that there is more going on in your body. If you've been struggling with symptoms for a really long time, it might be worth trying other methods to see if they work better.
The goal of a functional medicine approach is to identify what has caused your thyroid gland to become inflamed and then work on improving its function.
A typical Functional Medicine approach includes —
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We've found this approach to be very useful - it not only targets the underlying cause of Hashimoto's, but can also reverse the condition.
Summary
The first thing is to find a Functional Medicine Doctor who specializes in Thyroid healing and then discuss your dietary habits, lifestyle and medical history.
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