Signs and Symptoms of Hypothyroidism
Common Symptoms of Hypothyroidism include fatigue, cold hands and feet, hair loss, weakness, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, joint pain, muscle pain, muscle cramps, autoimmune disease, menstrual difficulties and much more.
Receiving his B.S. from Cornell University and his M.D. from Georgetown University School of Medicine, Dr. Michael Doyle is a board-certified family physician with nearly two decades of clinical experience. His background includes extensive experience in both conventional and alternative medicine. Interested in healthcare and alternative medicine since childhood, he decided to pursue a career in medicine as he went off to college. After completing his Family Medicine residency at the University of Rochester, he practiced Emergency Medicine for several years. He later served as Medical Director for a group of outpatient health centers.
Hypothyroidism and Adrenal Insufficiency (Video #01)
Hi, I’m Dr. Michael Doyle. I’d like to talk to you for a minute about two of the most important substances in the human body — thyroid hormone and cortisoL These two hormones are the foundation of human metabolism and are as important to your health as gasoline and oil are to your car.
Thyroid hormone actually refers to four hormones made by the thyroid gland. I think of thyroid hormones as hormones as the dimmer switch on human metabolism. They literally go into every single cell in your body, including adrenal glands, to boost metabolism. The most common problem with the thyroid is low thyroid function, also called hypothyroidism. The symptoms of hypothyroidism are widespread and extremely varied. They range from fatigue, low temperature, depression, weight gain, and hair loss to high blood pressure, high cholesterol, early heart disease and much more.
The Holidays Have Been Pretty Tough
Man, the holidays have been pretty tough. I guess it’s actually a little bit too late to still be using that as an excuse, but I’ve definitely packed on a few pounds. As always, carbs are my downfall. Although some experts point out that it is possible to eat lots of carbs and still lose weight, I think they’re missing the point. Like many people, I seem to have a greater appetite after I eat starchy foods.
A classic example occurred two nights ago. I was eating chicken and salad, then my wife offered me a big baked potato (remember, its always someone else’s fault) No problem, I figured. Just a few hundred extra calories. meUnfortunately, I spent the rest of the night rummaging through the kitchen looking for more starch.
Obviously my willpower was weak, but I’m certain that many of us have a drive to eat high carbohydrate foods that is fueled by, ironically, high carbohydrate foods.
It’s time to get back in gear.
WT: 188.6 lbs.
Uptick in Febrile Seizures Tied to Flu Vaccine
Todd Neale of Medpage reported:
Fluzone
“The FDA and CDC have detected an increase in reports of febrile seizures among children younger than 2 who received Fluzone, the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine made by Sanofi Pasteur. Fluzone is the only vaccine recommended for use during the current flu season in infants and children from 6 to 23 months of age.”
Unfortunately, seizures are just one of many possible side effects of flu (influenza) vaccinations. Flu shots have also been associated with local reactions, systemic flu-like symptoms, allergic reactions (both mild and severe) and even severe neurologic conditions like Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
This potential tragedy could easily have been avoided by using a little common sense.
The first step would be to simply demand that the manufacturers and “experts” prove that the flu vaccine actually improves the health of young children. The next step is to require that manufacturers prove that the benefits, if identified, outweigh the harms and costs.
In the case of giving flu vaccines to young children, there appears to be no scientific basis for giving these shots.
According to the Cochrane Collaboration,
“In children under the age of two, the efficacy of inactivated vaccine was similar to placebo.”
“ It was not possible to analyze the safety of vaccines from the studies due to the lack of standardization in the information given but very little information was found on the safety of inactivated vaccines, the most commonly used vaccine, in young children”
Until someone can prove to me that flu vaccines offer more benefit than harm to young children, I cannot recommend them to my patients or allow them to be given to my children.
Related Links:
- Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy children (Cochrane Collaboration)
- Uptick in Febrile Seizures Tied to Flu Vaccine (Medpage Today)
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