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THYROID QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS



Information collected from various sources on the web and elsewhere……..



Q. Why would my weight and my cholesterol increase after I started taking SYNTHROID?



A. SYNTHROID is T4 in low dose. T4 is THYROXIN. Low dose T4 is the worst treatment available for thyroid deficiency for most [not all] patients. The PDR warns that SYNTHROID can cause hypothyroidism.



The low dose of T4 suppresses pituitary function. Higher doses of T4 with T3 are necessary to eliminate symptoms and make the patients feel well. [CYTOMEL ,T3, is four to five times stronger than SYNTHROID and is foolishly used by body builders to burn body fat].



Basically there are two different metabolic rates in the body, one at the pituitary gland and one at the body tissue cells.



The two different metabolic rates control the efficiency and speed of conversion of T4 to T3. The two rates are controlled by 5-deiodinase enzymes, type 1 and type 2.



The metabolic rate at the body’s tissue cells is controlled by the enzyme type 1, 5-diodinase. It is not as efficient as the type 2, 5-deiodinase enzyme at the pituitary gland.



These enzymes convert T4 [thyroxine, to T3 [tri-iodo…].The manufacture of TSH by the pituitary is controlled by type 2 enzyme, the conversion at the body cells is controlled by the type 1.



The type 2 enzyme is much more effective in converting T4 to T3 at the pituitary than the type 1 is in converting T4 to T3 at the body cells so the pituitary has a head start on the body cells.



Since T4 to T3 conversion is more rapid and effective at the pituitary one can see that adding low levels of T4 to the blood from SYNTHROID, which would be quickly and efficiently converted to T3 at the pituitary, would raise the level of T3 which would be sensed by the pituitary, causing it to lower its production of TSH.



This effectively foils the aim of the SYNTHROID [T4] which results in an effect exactly opposite of that intended by the doctor. The lower TSH level reduces stimulation to the thyroid gland. This results in less thyroid hormone from the thyroid gland for use by all the body tissue cells causing a worsening of the hypothyroidism.



The result is: elevated cholesterol, obesity, swelling [myxedema] of tissues, especially around the eyes [upper eyelids in particular], dry skin, skin eruptions, increased susceptibility to infections, fatigue, mental depression, forgetfulness, inability to make decisions, easy crying and emotionality etc.



Carpal tunnel syndrome is often seen bilaterally, worse at night as a presenting symptom that brings the patient to the doctor’s office.



Swelling [edema] seen in Hypothyroid patients is caused by increased hydrophilic [water loving] molecules in the connective tissues. The water loving molecules attract and hold water, causing the tissue to swell. The swollen tissue spaces put pressure on nerves and blood vessels as well as the lymph glands that help drain body tissue of unused products. All of these situations add to the pressure on nerves which results in: numbness, tingling, pain and paresthesias [bizarre sensations] in areas where nerves have little room to spare such as in the carpal tunnel at the wrist. When considering how little pressure it takes to affect a nerve, it is an astonishing fact to most people that the weight of a dime on a nerve is enough to cause de-myelination if continued over a long enough period of time. De-myelination means the unraveling or destruction of the fatty covering of the nerve and an example of which used to be called Saturday night palsy. Drunks would fall asleep with an arm hanging over a chair. The Brachial Plexus of nerves would be pressured and the result was paralysis in the arm and hand and a numbness that wouldn’t go away. I once treated a teenager for that problem who fell asleep on the back seat of his car while driving overnight on a long trip. His arm hanging down over the seat put pressure on the Brachial Plexus and he ended up with severe weakness in his hand muscles.



The entire scenario of thyroid involvement has nothing whatsoever to do with anything suggested by the medical quacks and has everything to do with other body functions. It is my clinical experience of over thirty one years that the function of the ileocecal valve probably has more to do with thyroid dysfunction than any other single thing other than the commonly associated vitamin and mineral deficiencies.



All of the information relating to auto-immune diseases, viruses etc., is medical voodoo based upon the failed Germ Theory of Disease. See article #21.



A high percentage of cases are brought about by reflux at the ileocecal valve which is then spread throughout the body, affecting those areas most deprived of blood supply and lymph drainage.



The combination of an open ileocecal valve and a malfunctioning Teres Minor muscle indicating poor drainage at the thyroid gland has more to do with malfunction of the thyroid than anything offered by the present medical voodoo. The term medical voodoo is used in honor of the little known author and congressional investigator, Annie Riley Hale, author of the book Medical Voodoo which was published half a century ago and exposed the real cause of the great flu “epidemic” of the first world war, which was, in fact, caused by the medical quacks of that day who were injecting mercurous chloride [mercury poisoning a la 1918 – today the quacks use Thimerosal] in stupid attempts to “protect” people against the effects of malnutrition that were misdiagnosed as diseases caused by mysterious bacteria and viruses.



The alleged effectiveness of SYNTHROID is a product of drug company advertisement. It is NOT based upon clinical evidence. When the SYNTHROID fails, rather than using common sense and clinical acumen, the orthodox medical doctor blindly follows the consensus of medicine and the complaining patient is told they have chronic fatigue syndrome, myofascitis, hypoglycemia, etc. This is where the criminal effect of drug company directed pressure enters. The doctor is loath to go against the consensus of medicine which is generated by the drug industry so the doctor turns a blind eye and a deaf ear to the facts and blames the patient and other imaginary syndromes for the failure to correct the underlying thyroid hormone deficiencies.



The doctor’s financial welfare depends upon his handling of this situation. The AMA directed consensus of opinion cannot be questioned and doctors cannot set out on their own, do their own thinking and do their own thing without being punished by the group.



It is common for cholesterol to elevate on low doses of T4 or in hypothyroidism – underfunctioning thyroids are almost epidemic in the northeast Ohio population.



The elevated cholesterol then leads to more criminal activity in the use of the deadly cholesterol lowering drugs. So now the criminal doctors are prescribing deadly cholesterol lowering drugs to treat the drug induced increase in cholesterol levels. Cholesterol lowering drugs are being implicated more and more in neurological defects found in the patient population. The last three patients I examined who presented with neurological deficits were on cholesterol lowering drugs.



Soon we will hear of new epidemics of “new” diseases. They will be blamed on mysterious viruses and bacteria. Heroic members of the CDC and the NIH will be spending millions in tax moneys to discover the “cures” for the mysterious “new” diseases. The gullible public will stand in awe of their heroism, indeed, they will reward it in various ways.



CYTOMEL [T3] increases the synthesis of protein, carbohydrate, fat and RNA and increases the BMR. Internet advertisements for bodybuilders caution T3 users to restrict the use of T3 to five weeks and to eliminate it for at least 8 weeks in between to allow the thyroid to return to normal. They recommend one tab a day, increased slowly by one tab a day every five or six days. This use of T3 by bodybuilders is harmful and not recommended. It is pointed out here to emphasize the role of T3 in fat burning and the result of imbalancing the system by taking T4 [SYNTHROID] without its partner, T3 and all the other ingredients found in natural Armour brand dessicated thyroid.



The general orthodox description of the “simple” affectations of the Thyroid are listed as Hashimoto’s, De Quervain and Silent Thyroiditis.



Hashimoto’s [autoimmune, chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis] is the most common thyroid problem. The gland is always enlarged as it tries to compensate for failure to make the hormone from the iodine. 95% show antibodies. The condition might remain for years, go away by itself or disappear under proper treatment. The patient is hypothyroid and although the gland is unable to make hormone it continues to take up iodine. The condition can come and go in a few weeks and can and has been corrected by lay people without orthodox medical help. A book on Hashimoto’s has been published by a lay person [male] who cured his own case including the positive antibody test.



I think that Hashimoto’s is a classical example of the effects of a failed ileocecal valve and other structural problems along with malnutrition………………..



More to come later………..

DHD Sr



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