On 23 May 2005, at 2:42 PM, Edith Wallace Andrews wrote:
> My questions today relate to high Armour thyroid doses seeming to be
> reported only by men. Does anyone know if dosage is gender related?
I switched from ~135 MCG Synthroid/Eltroxin to 1.5 grains Armour about
seven weeks ago. The difference after a week was noticeable but less
than spectacular, and I feel now that symptoms may have returned a bit.
Because I'm traveling out of the country, I haven't seen my blood test
results, but I can't wait to check them since I am having a tough
decision, based solely on my symptoms, whether to increase my Armour
dose or to work in adrenal support.
> Nathan G's comment about the origins of Hashimoto's being different
> from that of pituitary gland tumors was news to me.
I was confirming what seemed natural to me. There are several causes of
hypothyroidism: one is Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, which is when the
immune system creates antibodies that attack thyroid tissue; another,
more exotic, is a tumor on the pituitary gland. If a person has high
antibodies and hypothyroidism, it can be diagnosed as Hashimoto's
Thyroiditis. A tumor on the pituitary gland has nothing to do with the
immune system and therefore doesn't cause Hashimoto's.
> I am confused about just when Hashimotos does occur. In other words,
> if one carries the anti-thyroid gene, it would be present at birth,
> right?
This is actually the first I've heard about an anti-thyroid gene. What
is it? I know there are certain "autoimmune genes," such as HLA-DQ2 and
HLA-DQ8 (I found out that I carry DQ8 but not DQ2 when I was tested for
Celiac Disease).
NG
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