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There might be something wrong with my thyroid...?

I have a few questions.

What is the thyroid and what does it do and control?

If there was in fact something wrong with my thyroid: would hair loss, weight gain, hot flashes, and loss of menstrual cycle some side affects? What do I do to figure out if there is something wrong with it?

What would I or the doctor's have to do to fix it? (Takes hormone and/or protein pills)

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Sounds like you're going through menopause.

  • 9 years ago

    The thyroid gland is part of the endocrine system in your body that produces hormones that stimulate your body into all kinds of actions. The thyroid produces hormones that increase or decrease your metabolism. The thyroid is put into action when the pituitary gland (part of the endocrine system) secretes a hormone telling the thyroid to make T3 and T4 hormones that regulate your metabolism.

    The hypothalamus portion of the brain tells the pituitary to do this. So in essence, the hypothalamus gland is like the thermostat constantly monitoring the blood and signals from other parts of the body. When it determines the metabolism needs to be increased, it sends the hormone to the pituitary telling it what to do. The pituitary gland is like the gas valve and it sends hormones to the thyroid and the thyroid is like the furnace, it makes the hormones that carry out the action.

    To complicate this further, the thyroid is part of the pituitary axis that consists of 4 glands, the thyroid, pituitary, adrenals, and testes if you are a man and ovaries if you are a woman. They all work together and get sick together as a team. So if you have a problem with your thyroid, you will also have a problem with those other glands as well. Taking drugs is NOT THE ANSWER unless all you want to do is treat a symptom while the rest of your body deteriorates!

    The thyroid hormones are made of: T3 = 2 iodine molecules and 1 tyrosine amino acid. The T4 = 3 iodine molecules and 1 tyrosine amino acid. So if you are deficient in iodine, you get the booby prize! Your body keeps wanting more energy, but it can't make it because you are not eating enough iodine. This deficiency is rampant in America today due to all the fluoride being consumed everywhere. Fluoride depletes the body of iodine.

    A doctor will not fix it. He will treat the symptom and give you hormones that ultimate damage the body. Yes, it will speed up your metabolism, but at a dear cost to your health. If the root cause is the lack of iodine, the rest of your body will suffer. The thyroid only uses 4% of the iodine you ingest, so all the other organs in the body that need iodine will also suffer.

    A nutritional therapist can help you greatly. They can test you for iodine deficiency and correct it easily. If you take drugs to solve the problem, you will be on those drugs for most of the rest of your life and only end up with "MAKE BELIEVE HEALTH."

    GOOD LUCK TO YOU

    Source(s): Certified Nutritional Therapist B.A. biology & chemistry QRA Practitioner, Author Advanced nutritional research
  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Every one says that for losing weight one must burn more calories then one eats.

    All focus on either eating less or burning more. Strangely enough when u eat less ur body heats up initially. After some time there is no energy in the body. So people says eating less is not the final solution. One must eat less but do more exercises. When a person exerts more than he is used to in recent past he gets tired. The result he will rest more or eat more.

    So what is the solution. Those who have seen titanic, would remember that man woman body in touch produces lot of heat. That means it burns lot of calories. A cold a person burns more calories.

    Then u have some people who say that sex act burns lot of calories. But that tires out a person. There is a limit to that as well. Physically as well as emotionally.

    Now start thinking - is it just the sex act that produces hear. I do not think so. Even body contact produces lot of heat. That is not tiring physically of emotionally.

    It could be emotionally. But I wonder whether it has to be body touch by other sex or could be even contact with the person of same sex.

    May be the heat is generated even when ur own body touches other parts of the body.

    I think that is true.

    So to burn more calories one may try sleeping without putting on clothes. Wearing pants or shirts may cause the body parts not touching other body part.

    By when u are not wearing anything but are safe under suitable mattresses or quilts ur body parts are in touch. When u are sleeping u can burn more calories.

    That will teach u to master ur body better over a period of time.

    U can eat what u feel like and burn those excess calories without tiring urself. May be u are fresh and more energetic in the morning when u get up to burn more calories.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that sits low on the front of the neck. Your thyroid lies below your Adam’s apple, along the front of the windpipe. The thyroid has two side lobes, connected by a bridge (isthmus) in the middle. When the thyroid is its normal size, you’re unlikely to be able to feel it.

    All types of hyperthyroidism are due to overproduction of thyroid hormones, but the condition can develop in several ways.

    Thyroid hormone production can be suppressed or halted completely in these ways: https://tr.im/eN96l

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  • Jane
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • dougan
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    one and all says that for dropping weight one might desire to burn greater energy then one eats. All concentration on the two ingesting much less or burning greater. surprisingly adequate while u consume much less ur physique heats up initially. After it sluggish there is not any power contained in the physique. So human beings says ingesting much less isn't the acceptable answer. One might desire to consume much less yet do greater exercises. while someone exerts greater effective than he's used to in present day previous he gets drained. the effect he will relax greater or consume greater. So what's the answer. people who've seen large, could undergo in strategies that guy woman physique in touch produces lot of warmth. meaning it burns lot of energy. a chilly someone burns greater energy. Then u have some people who say that intercourse act burns lot of energy. yet that tires out someone. there's a shrink to that as nicely. bodily as nicely as emotionally. Now commence questioning - is it only the intercourse act that produces hear. i do no longer think of so. Even physique touch produces lot of warmth. that isn't tiring bodily of emotionally. it might desire to be emotionally. yet i'm wondering whether it must be physique touch via different intercourse or might desire to be even touch with the guy of comparable intercourse. might desire to be the warmth is generated even while ur very own physique touches different factors of the physique. i think of this is actual. with the intention to burn greater energy one might attempt drowsing without putting on outfits. donning pants or shirts might reason the physique factors no longer touching different physique section. via while u are actually not donning something yet are risk-free below perfect mattresses or quilts ur physique factors are in touch. while u are drowsing u can burn greater energy. which will coach u to understand ur physique greater helpful over a volume of time. U can consume what u experience like and burn those extra energy without tiring urself. could be u are sparkling and greater energetic contained in the morning while u get as much as burn greater energy.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    controls a lot,

    usually itssomething that is causing this

    continue searching for ur problem and ul find the root, once u find that everything solves itself

  • 9 years ago

    yes i think it would be underactive.

    so hypothyroid.

    go to the doctors!

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