If you’ve been diagnosed with a thyroid disease one of the best ways you can help yourself is by paying attention to your diet and lifestyle. Whilst there’s no conclusive proof that any particular foods or diet will cure hypothyroidism there are some nutrients that are essential for good thyroid health. These […]
No one likes headaches but someone with hypothyroidism may experience more than their fair share of them! According to the International Headache Society around 30% of people with hypothyroidism experience headaches to go with their underactive thyroid. So you could almost say that hypothyroidism and headaches go together. Whilst officially a headache caused […]
Is hypothyroidism hereditary? If you suspect you may have hypothyroidism, your doctor will want to know your family medical history. Whilst this may infer that hypothyroidism is hereditary, it actually isn’t. The primary cause of this disorder in developed countries is Hashimoto’s disease, which is an autoimmune disease. What science has […]
Although we are no longer teenagers with raging hormones giving us extreme happiness and anger in equal doses, hormones still play a big role in our lives, and our health. Hormones regulate everything in our bodies, and if they are not operating the way they are supposed to, serious health […]
Hypothyroidism insomnia is a common symptom of an under active thyroid, or hypothyroidism. Thyroid hormones regulate many of our body’s activities, including our metabolism. Insufficient levels of these vitally important hormones affect our heart rate, our cardiovascular functions, our respiration, our sleep patterns and many of our other bodily functions. Tiredness […]
Underactive thyroid hypothyroidism is a condition in which your thyroid glands do not produce enough thyroid hormones. The thyroid affects many bodily functions such as growth, development and metabolism – under production of thyroid hormone slows down metabolism. Therefore underactive thyroid hypothyroidism can result in several health disorders, the symptoms […]
Hypothyroidism and Hyponatremia – what are they and what is their relationship? To function properly the human body requires specific levels of electrolytes to be present in our blood. Sodium is one these electrolytes and if the concentration of blood sodium drops to abnormal levels it causes a condition called […]
There are several known hypothyroidism risk factors. However, whilst having, or being one of these increases your risk of developing hypothyroidism, it should be noted that anyone can develop this condition given the right circumstances. Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland becomes less active and does not produce enough thyroid […]
Hypothyroidism and diabetes is a precarious combination requiring careful attention to your health, particularly diet. Thyroid hormones, even when just mildly depressed, can alter the way our metabolism works. Low thyroid hormone levels decreases the efficiency of our metabolism, leading to the characteristic weight gain often associated with hypothyroidism. Weight […]
The human Thyroid Gland is shaped like a butterfly and is located just below the Adams’ Apple in the neck. It requires iodine, which is typically supplied through our diet. The thyroid is the only organ in the body that uses iodine and it doesn’t really need that much – […]
Neonatal hypothyroidism is defined as decreased production of thyroid hormones in a newborn baby. There are also cases where no thyroid hormone is produced, but such cases are rare. The most common defect is that the thyroid gland is not fully developed. One birth out of 3000 births may have […]
Hypothyroidism treatment depends on the cause. In the developed world, the commonest cause of underactive thyroid is autoimmune disease. This may be chronic and lifelong, as in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (the most common), or transient as in viral and postpartum thyroiditis. Previous surgical removal of the thyroid and radioactive iodine treatment […]