Thyroid

The thyroid gland plays a crucial role in regulating metabolism through the production of hormones, primarily thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). These hormones influence the rate at which the body converts food into energy, affecting processes such as heart rate, temperature regulation, and overall energy expenditure. An underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) can lead to a slower metabolism, while an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism) can accelerate metabolic processes. Thus, thyroid function is essential for maintaining metabolic balance in the body.

The parathyroid gland produces parathyroid hormone (PTH), which regulates the blood calcium level. When blood calcium is low, PTH is secreted and stimulates the digestion of bone tissue by osteoclasts, this releases calcium from the bone into the bloodstream. Calcitonin has the opposite effect of PTH, and is released from the thyroid gland when blood calcium is too high.

Ask your Dr. or pharmacist, all medications have different reactions to alcohol

you should not drink any alcohol while taking thyroid medication. Which medication are you taking?

This is a very complicated question.Thyroid med can increase your pulse rate,possibly B/P as well.B/P meds are to lower B/p. You do not say if Fentanyl is oral or patches. Either way, this tends to lower B/P. This can be a problematical situation.

You haven't told me if same doc prescribed all these meds.If you see more than one doc[like hmo or clinic], take ALL meds with you to EVERY appt. If you are using Fentanyl patches you must follow directions VERY PRECISELY!

Best bet: Make an appt and take all meds with you. Talk to doc. When yyou get meds, read and keep all info sheets.I keep mine stuck to fridge for ez access, so in case of bad reaction, my husband can just hand them to EMT's

The only safe way to discontinue taking thyroid supplementation is to talk to your doctor first. The body cannot survive without thyroid hormone.

At most labs in the U.S., the normal range is from around 0.5 to 5.5. However some experts are recommending that labs revise the range from .3 to 3.0.

From this yours is low. If the TSH level is below normal, your doctor may determine that you are hyperthyroid (overactive thyroid.). There are more tests and this might not answer your question without know which test was done. Ask your doctor for further information.

The prefix hypo- means that something is below or under the threshold of normalcy. So, hypodensity means that there is an area that appears more diffused when looked at in an x-ray. A hypodensity of the thyroid usually indicates the appearance of a nodule in the thyroid. A needle biopsy is usually performed to determine the status of the nodule.

I don't have an answer for this question, but this is a very important question that needs to be studied. I was on depo-provera for several years. Since I stopped taking it a few years ago, because I was having too many side effect symptoms, even after a few years of not taking it I am still having several of the same symptoms as if I was still taking the depo-provera. I have not yet been diagnosed with a thyroid disorder, but I have also read that there is plenty of evidence to support that depo-provera can effect thyroid testing producing possible false negatives. I have also read about several women that are seeking help trying to find out what is wrong with them even a few years after taking or while taking this contraceptive. Real effective studies need to be done on this correlation, because it is unfair to several women to be swept under the rug and going untreated, as well as way uninformed of what long term, or even short term effects of this drug can really do to you. I even think that the drug companies and doctor's don't even really know either. I also believe that it is way unfair and unprofessional for medical professionals to automatically tell a patient that it is impossible for them to be having problems caused by this contraceptive. Doctors should be listening and reporting this stuff to the FDA every time a patient has a complaint so that this can be effectively studied.

by definition its unlikely to have BOTH hyper and hypo thyroid symptoms. get an endocrinologist and get a thyroid ultrasound

Yes.

it reduces the blood concentration of thyroid hormone and thus the signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism

Yes, and you need special medications for that.

The great majority of thyroid nodules aren't serious and don't cause symptoms. Thyroid cancer accounts for only a small percentage of thyroid nodules.

Yes, thyroid problem is one of the other cause for snoring. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), which is released by the pituitary gland. One important function of thyroid is helping the body convert food into energy and heat.

The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in the throat. It produces essential hormones known as triiodothyronine and thyroxine. These are like petrol and oil: not enough and things start to rust, the engine starts to splutter and die.

Hashimoto's causes our antibodies to attack the thyroid gland. Healthy tissue is slowly replaced by scar tissue, until the thyroid is unable to produce the required T3 and T4. Sufferers tend to faint quite a lot.

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yes..but Other thyroid Hormones like T4, T3 are fat-soluble unlike calcitonin..

It would be highly unlikely. In any case, never exceed or increase your prescription without first consulting your doctor.

IF YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM "THE BABY BLUES" IT COME BE FROM DEPRESSION WHICH MAKES YOU EAT TO COMFORT YOURSELF THEREFORE YOU GAIN WEIGHT

Thyroid Pyroxidase Antibodies mean that there are antibodies in your blood that are targeting thyroid peroxidase (TPO) TPO is located inside thyroid cells. This is a sign that there has been destruction of thyroid cells. The antibodies attack thyroid cells, resulting in thyroid destruction and dysfunction. This results in metabolic imbalance that can eventually, if not treated, can cause death.

Yes, people can live without half of their thyroid. However, most people living with half of their thyroid need to take prescribed daily thyroid medication, as directed by a physician. Thyroid medication helps to replace thyroid hormones that aren't being produced by a fully functioning thyroid gland.

One theory is that the nicotine in cigarettes creates an artificially high metabolism and smoking mask fatigue and lethargy seen in Hypothyroidism. If the smoker quits this masking is removed and they will feel the full effects of hypothyroidism. Smokers with undiagnosed thyroid dysfunction and without proper thyroid hormone treatment then stopping smoking seems to be a metabolic and weight gain. Cigarettes are an appetite suppressant.

From my own experience, Do Not Drink Alcohol while taking this drug.

http://www.joy2meu.com/mothersfathers.html Wounded Parents - the tragic legacy of dysfunctional families "Most men are programmed to keep their emotions (except for anger) bottled up in a concrete bunker inside of themselves because that is what they learned from society and from their role models. Some men, of course, go to the other extreme and because they don't want to be like their fathers are out of balance in not being able to own their anger - these men usually marry women who are like their fathers." "What we traditionally have called normal parenting in this society is abusive because it is emotionally dishonest. Children learn who they are as emotional beings from the role modeling of their parents. "Do as I say not as I do," does not work with children. Emotionally dishonest parents cannot be emotionally healthy role models, and cannot provide healthy parenting. Our model for what a family should be sets up abusive, emotionally dishonest dynamics." "There is an additional way in which women are wounded by their fathers that I have never heard, or read, anyone talk about. It is a devastating blow that many daughters suffer on a subconscious level. It comes at a very vulnerable time and contributes more evidence to the message that there is something wrong/less than about being a woman that most girls have already received in ample supply from society and the role modeling of their mothers." Growing up with fathers who were emotionally crippled by their role models and society's beliefs has damaged us all. Men can't be emotionally honest with others because they don't know how to be emotionally honest with themselves. Subconsciously they don't have permission to own the whole spectrum of their emotional palette. It takes a lot of work and willingness in recovery to change the emotional programming we received in our childhoods. And it is vital to do that work because being denied access to emotions denies access to our hearts and souls - denies access to the feminine energy within. A man who has his emotions dammed up in a concrete bunker within has a dysfunctional relationship with his own intuitive nurturing feminine energy and, of course, with feminine energy of those around him. That is, of course, one of the curses of codependence that women experience - men who don't have a clue what feelings are. If Dad was emotionally unavailable then a woman is attracted to men who are the same - in an ongoing attempt to prove they are lovable by changing an emotionally unavailable male into one who is available. And if Dad was emotionally available it was often in an emotionally incestuous way (surrogate spouse) so in that case the last thing a woman wants (on a subconscious level) is a male who is available emotionally - because the burden of feeling responsible for Dad's feelings was too heart breaking. There is an additional way in which women are wounded by their fathers that I have never heard, or read, anyone talk about. It is a devastating blow that many daughters suffer on a subconscious level. It comes at a very vulnerable time and contributes more evidence to the message that there is something wrong/less than about being a woman that most girls have already received in ample supply from society and the role modeling of their mothers. This happens when girls start developing a female body. Their fathers, being males of the species, are naturally attracted to the awakening feminine sexuality of their daughters. Some fathers of course act this out in incestuous ways. The majority of fathers however react to this attraction (which in shame-based western civilization is not acknowledged as normal but rather is so shameful that it is seldom even brought to a conscious level of awareness) by withdrawing from their daughters, emotionally and physically. The unspoken, subconscious message that the girl/woman gets is "when I turned into a woman Dad stopped loving me." Daddy's little princess is suddenly given the cold shoulder, and often is the recipient of angry (sometimes jealous) behavior from her father - who up until that time, often, has been much more emotionally available for his daughter than for his wife or sons. In a healthy environment an emotionally honest father could recognize that his reaction was human - not something to be ashamed of - and also, not something to act out. He could then communicate with, and have healthy boundaries with, his daughter so that she would know she wasn't being abandoned by her Dad.

Because, This stimulates the thyroid gland to increase in size in a vain attempt to produce more hormone. However it cannot produce more hormone because it does not have the necessary raw materials, namely, iodine. This type of thyroid enlargement is called is called simple goiter or iodine deficiency goiter.

1. Take medication as directed.

2 Have labwork (bloodwork) for thyroid hormone level checks done regularly.

3. Follow-up with the monitoring and prescribing physician on a regular basis.

4. Report any adverse effects to medication.

5. Report any changes in mood, energy or symptoms, in general, which could be related to thyroid disease.

No. Too little thyroid hormone produces cretinism in children.