Hashimoto's Disease

Your thyroid gland is a butterfly shaped gland on the neck above the clavicle. It is one of your endocrine glands that produces hormones. Thyroid hormone controls the rate of many activities in your body. These include your calorie consumption speed and heart rate. All these activities are the metabolism of your body. If your thyroid gland is not fully active it will not produce enough thyroid hormone to fulfill your body's needs. This condition is hypothyroidism

Hypothyroidism is more common in women, people with other thyroid diseases, and people over the age of 60. Hashimoto's disease is an autoimmune disease, the most common cause. Other causes include thyroid nodules, thyroiditis, congenital hypothyroidism, surgical removal of part or all of the thyroid gland, radiation therapy for the thyroid gland, and several medications.

To diagnose hypothyroidism, the doctor conducts a physical examination, examines the symptoms, and performs a thyroid examination. Every day receive synthetic thyroid hormone therapy

Since the symptoms and signs of Hashimoto's disease are not unique on their own, it is easy to understand why Hashimoto's disease has been neglected for a long time. Depending on the absence of thyroid stimulating hormone, symptoms vary from person to person. At the onset of illness, one may only notice mild symptoms such as dullness and fatigue, but as the disease continues to develop, there is a possibility of developing more abundant symptoms. These symptoms include colds, constipation, pale skin, dry skin, thinning hair, edema, arse voice, elevated blood cholesterol, unexplained weight gain, muscle pain, joint pain and stiffness, knee swelling , Increased susceptibility to muscles, and so on. Weakness, late response, menstrual length, and depression (Nippoltd). "When hypothyroidism begins in infancy and childhood, some complications may include growth retardation and mental retardation" (Khalsa 12-16)

The following cases have an interesting origin to the pathogenesis of Hashimoto's disease. Lisa is a 24-year old accountant whose doctor was diagnosed as Hashimoto's disease. Lisa showed severe fatigue, weight gain, poor memory and insomnia. When Lisa came home from work, she needed to fall asleep. Two important pathogenic factors were found in my survey. One example is the presence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) on the jaw, where wisdom teeth was removed seven years ago. CMV travels through her lymphatic system to her thyroid gland. The second factor is nickel, which comes from the adhesive orthodontic retention line behind her lower anterior teeth. Nickel ions also travel through her lymphatic system to her thyroid gland. Both CMV and nickel are attacked by the immune system. This is the cause of Lisa's "autoimmune disease". Indeed, her immune system is working

Common thyroid diseases are Hashimoto's disease thyroiditis and Grave's disease. Both are autoimmune diseases because the immune system attacks normal somatic cells and treats them as foreign bodies. These two diseases are more common among women than men. Thyroiditis of Hashimoto's disease usually causes hypothyroidism, but Graves disease primarily causes hyperthyroidism. The frequency of thyroid inspection varies, but the case test should be carried out as soon as possible. At the time of examination, the active thyroid can be further examined by examining the antibody against the thyroid gland. If the test shows excessive activity of the active thyroid gland, a normal scan will be performed on condition that the patient is not pregnant for breastfeeding. When modules are present in the thyroid gland, respiratory organism therapy may be necessary to rule out malignant tumors.