Comments for Lost Cures & Remedies http://www.cureremedy.com Learn to treat yourself the way Mother Nature intended. Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Hypothyroidism Medication Causing Weight Gain! by Xerxes http://www.cureremedy.com/hypothyroid-medication-weight-gain/#comment-4 Xerxes Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:35:41 +0000 http://www.cureremedy.com/?p=30#comment-4 Avoid the foods: cabbage, mustard, spinach, peanuts, soybeans and peaches. They have been known to interfere with thydroid hormone production. Do not avoid foods with high iodine content like: fish, shellfish, and seaweed. Make sure to take your multivitamin daily. Vitamins A, B2, B3, B6, E, and zinc are needed for normal thyroid hormone production. Strengthen thyroid function with thyroid preparations sold at local food stores. They are used to treat mild hypothyroidism only. Available products include thyroid extracts, iodine, zinc or tyrosine. Most Americans may not need iodine supplements as the daily requirement can easily be met by eating iodine-rich foods or using iodized salt. On the other hand, consuming more than 600 mcg of iodine per day may result in toxicity. Herbal remedies to improve thyroid function and relieve thyroid symptoms include Siberian ginseng (for treatment of fatigue), Panax ginseng, and bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus), which can be taken in capsule form or as a tea. Homeopathic remedies Homeopathic treatments may gradually reduce the need for supplemental thyroid hormone in some patients. Homeopathic remedies for hypothyroidism include homeopathic thyroid as well as others based on the patient's individualized symptoms. Exercise Exercise improves thyroid function by stimulating more production of thyroid hormone and making body tissues more responsive to the effects of thyroid hormone. It also increases the metabolic rate and helps hypothyroid patients lose weight. Allopathic treatment Natural or synthetic thyroid hormones are used to restore normal (euthyroid) thyroid hormone levels. Synthroid, or synthetic T4, is easy to take and works for about 80% of patients. In addition, some patients need additional T3. Synthetic hormones are more effective than natural substances, but it may take several months to determine the correct dosage. Patients start to feel better within 48 hours, but symptoms will return if they stop taking the medication. Most doctors prescribe levothyroxine sodium tablets, and most people with hypothyroidism will take the medication for the rest of their lives. Aging, other medications, and changes in weight and general health can affect how much replacement hormone a patient needs, and regular TSH tests are used to monitor hormone levels. Patients should not switch from one brand of thyroid hormone to another without a doctor's permission. Possible side effects of too much T4 or T3 include osteoporosis (after long-term use), occasional anxiety, heart palpitations, insomnia, and occasional episodes of mania. Regular exercise and a high fiber diet can help maintain thyroid function and prevent constipation. Expected results Thyroid hormone replacement therapy generally maintains normal thyroid hormone levels unless treatment is interrupted or discontinued. Prevention Primary hypothyroidism can't be prevented, but routine screening of adults can detect the disease in its early stages and prevent complications. Avoid the foods: cabbage, mustard, spinach, peanuts, soybeans and peaches. They have been known to interfere with thydroid hormone production.
Do not avoid foods with high iodine content like: fish, shellfish, and seaweed.
Make sure to take your multivitamin daily. Vitamins A, B2, B3, B6, E, and zinc are needed for normal thyroid hormone production.
Strengthen thyroid function with thyroid preparations sold at local food stores. They are used to treat mild hypothyroidism only. Available products include thyroid extracts, iodine, zinc or tyrosine. Most Americans may not need iodine supplements as the daily requirement can easily be met by eating iodine-rich foods or using iodized salt. On the other hand, consuming more than 600 mcg of iodine per day may result in toxicity.
Herbal remedies to improve thyroid function and relieve thyroid symptoms include Siberian ginseng (for treatment of fatigue), Panax ginseng, and bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus), which can be taken in capsule form or as a tea.

Homeopathic remedies
Homeopathic treatments may gradually reduce the need for supplemental thyroid hormone in some patients.

Homeopathic remedies for hypothyroidism include homeopathic thyroid as well as others based on the patient’s individualized symptoms.

Exercise
Exercise improves thyroid function by stimulating more production of thyroid hormone and making body tissues more responsive to the effects of thyroid hormone. It also increases the metabolic rate and helps hypothyroid patients lose weight.

Allopathic treatment
Natural or synthetic thyroid hormones are used to restore normal (euthyroid) thyroid hormone levels. Synthroid, or synthetic T4, is easy to take and works for about 80% of patients. In addition, some patients need additional T3. Synthetic hormones are more effective than natural substances, but it may take several months to determine the correct dosage. Patients start to feel better within 48 hours, but symptoms will return if they stop taking the medication.

Most doctors prescribe levothyroxine sodium tablets, and most people with hypothyroidism will take the medication for the rest of their lives. Aging, other medications, and changes in weight and general health can affect how much replacement hormone a patient needs, and regular TSH tests are used to monitor hormone levels. Patients should not switch from one brand of thyroid hormone to another without a doctor’s permission.

Possible side effects of too much T4 or T3 include osteoporosis (after long-term use), occasional anxiety, heart palpitations, insomnia, and occasional episodes of mania.

Regular exercise and a high fiber diet can help maintain thyroid function and prevent constipation.

Expected results
Thyroid hormone replacement therapy generally maintains normal thyroid hormone levels unless treatment is interrupted or discontinued.

Prevention
Primary hypothyroidism can’t be prevented, but routine screening of adults can detect the disease in its early stages and prevent complications.

]]> Comment on Risks to Unborn Baby with Hypothyroidism by Rachel http://www.cureremedy.com/hypothyroidism-unborn-baby/#comment-99 Rachel Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:44:52 +0000 http://www.cureremedy.com/?p=58#comment-99 Please always listen to your inner voice. If you ever have any doubts about anything then by all means get yourself a second opinion. I have my thyroid tested at my OBGYN appointment. You will definitely want to get this treated. You can possibly face the significant increase in the chance of a miscarriage, pre-term labor and even low birth weight due to your hypothyroidism. These can even lead to the child having some developmental issues. From what I understand, it is easy to treat. But you need to take it seriously. Once treated, I would expect that you would carry on having a normal and healthy pregnancy. Please check out <a href="http://www.safefetus.com" rel="nofollow">SafeFetus.com</a> to get more information on your medications and their side effects to your unborn child. Please always listen to your inner voice. If you ever have any doubts about anything then by all means get yourself a second opinion.

I have my thyroid tested at my OBGYN appointment. You will definitely want to get this treated. You can possibly face the significant increase in the chance of a miscarriage, pre-term labor and even low birth weight due to your hypothyroidism. These can even lead to the child having some developmental issues.

From what I understand, it is easy to treat. But you need to take it seriously. Once treated, I would expect that you would carry on having a normal and healthy pregnancy.

Please check out SafeFetus.com to get more information on your medications and their side effects to your unborn child.

]]> Comment on Risks to Unborn Baby with Hypothyroidism by Marie http://www.cureremedy.com/hypothyroidism-unborn-baby/#comment-97 Marie Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:18:32 +0000 http://www.cureremedy.com/?p=58#comment-97 Physicians have long since known about the link between mothers and <strong>hypothyroidism medications</strong> taken during pregnancy. They can cause developmental retardation in the children after they are born. This was seem most in the new mothers who came from areas that were lacking in Iodine. Iodine is necessary to produce the thyroid hormone and is a very common part of the salt that is in our foods. This was also noticed in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease much like Hashimotos Thyroiditis. Physicians have long since known about the link between mothers and hypothyroidism medications taken during pregnancy. They can cause developmental retardation in the children after they are born. This was seem most in the new mothers who came from areas that were lacking in Iodine. Iodine is necessary to produce the thyroid hormone and is a very common part of the salt that is in our foods. This was also noticed in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease much like Hashimotos Thyroiditis.

]]> Comment on Risks to Unborn Baby with Hypothyroidism by JGurl http://www.cureremedy.com/hypothyroidism-unborn-baby/#comment-94 JGurl Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:46:15 +0000 http://www.cureremedy.com/?p=58#comment-94 You must get your Hypothyroidism treated. Don't want to run the risk of losing your child. Get a second opinion if necessary. You must get your Hypothyroidism treated. Don’t want to run the risk of losing your child. Get a second opinion if necessary.

]]> Comment on Hypothyroidism Medication Causing Weight Gain! by Jason http://www.cureremedy.com/hypothyroid-medication-weight-gain/#comment-7 Jason Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:39:06 +0000 http://www.cureremedy.com/?p=30#comment-7 If its been over a year with adjustments to your <em>Synthoid prescription</em>, its time to consider changing your medication. Maybe a prescription of Levoxyl... In a lot of cases drugs are required. However, in some they may not be. So you have to ask yourself, "Do I want to take <strong>hypothyroidism medication</strong> if I don't have to?" If its been over a year with adjustments to your Synthoid prescription, its time to consider changing your medication.

Maybe a prescription of Levoxyl…

In a lot of cases drugs are required. However, in some they may not be. So you have to ask yourself, “Do I want to take hypothyroidism medication if I don’t have to?”

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