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Subnormal Temperature Causes Thyroid Problems or The Reverse?

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Although thyroid disease is easy to diagnose and treat, half of the cases in America remain undiagnosed. Minor thyroid abnormalities may go unnoticed, but data suggests that many people with low-level thyroid problems could improve with treatment.

In an effort to improve diagnosis of thyroid disease, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) has released new guidelines that narrow the range for acceptable thyroid function.

Doctors typically base diagnosis of thyroid disease on the “normal” range for the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test. While the previous normal range was between 0.5 and 5.0, the new guidelines narrow the range for acceptable thyroid function to between 0.3 and 3.04.

Under the new guidelines, as many as 27 million people may have abnormal thyroid function--more than double the number of people thought to have abnormal thyroid function under the old guidelines. These estimates would make thyroid disease more common in North America than diabetes.

Women are at an increased risk for thyroid disease, as they are five to eight times more likely than men to be diagnosed. The elderly are also at an increased risk--by the age of 60 years, as many as 17 percent of women and nine percent of men have an underactive thyroid. Thyroid disease is also linked to other autoimmune diseases, including certain types of diabetes, arthritis and anemia.

The thyroid gland produces hormones that influence essentially every organ, tissue and cell in the body. Thyroid disease, if left untreated, can lead to elevated cholesterol levels and heart disease, infertility, muscle weakness, osteoporosis and, in extreme cases, coma or death.

Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) affects some 80 percent of patients with thyroid disease. Symptoms of hypothyroidism include fatigue, forgetfulness, depression, constipation, and changes in weight and appetite.

Experts hope that the new guidelines will give physicians the information they need to diagnose mild thyroid disease before it leads to serious health consequences such as elevated cholesterol, heart disease, osteoporosis, infertility and depression.

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist January, 2003

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Nutritional Support for the Thyroid
The thyroid gland straddles the voice box in the neck. Its minuscule output of hormones (less than 0.001 ounce daily) profoundly affect how the body functions. These hormones regulate the rate of metabolism, especially the rate at which cells utilize energy and synthesize proteins.

Thyroxine (T4) is the primary hormone secreted by the thyroid gland. Thyroxine itself, however, is physiologically inactive. It has to be converted to its active form (T3) before it can exert its effects.

Triiodothyronine (T3) is the physiologically active form of thyroid hormone. Although some T3 is produced by the thyroid gland, most of it is converted from T4 by the action of deiodinase enzymes found in most other tissues of the body. T3 helps to regulate growth, cell differentiation, electrolyte balance, oxidative metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism, protein metabolism, oxygen consumption, fertility, breakdown of fat, and basal metabolic rate.

The thyroid is a gatekeeper. If its hormones function at sub-optimal levels, then nothing else in the body tends to work well either. Low thyroid function (hypothyroidism) leaves the body vulnerable to allergies, autoimmune disorders, cancer, chronic fatigue, diabetes, elevated cholesterol, emotional and behavioural problems, emphysema, high blood pressure, hypoglycemia, infectious diseases, menstrual disorders, migraine headaches, premature aging, and skin conditions.

Underdiagnosed
Low thyroid function (hypothyroidism) may be the most underdiagnosed of all health conditions. Why? Because the laboratory tests for measuring it are unreliable. Blood tests can tell if the thyroid gland is diseased but not if the thyroid hormones are functioning at sub-optimal levels. Thyroid hormones circulating in the blood do not necessarily reach all of the cells that need them.

Broda Barnes, PhD, MD discovered the unreliabity of blood tests for thyroid function. While completing his PhD degree in physiology, Dr. Barnes removed the thyroid glands from animals and observed the many symptoms they manifested afterward. Later, after becoming a medical doctor, Dr. Barnes noticed large numbers of human patients who suffered from the same symptoms of thyroidectomy – even though their thyroid blood tests were within normal range.

Basal Temperature Test
Dr. Barnes developed the basal temperature test (BTT), a simple yet effective self-test that is more reliable than thyroid blood tests. It measures the actual result of one critical thyroid activity, namely the maintenance of body temperature.

The BTT requires taking underarm (axillary) temperature, first thing in the morning before arising, when the entire body is at complete rest. Men, pre-pubescent and post-menopausal women can take this test at any time. To eliminate the temperature fluctuations that accompany one’s cycle, however, menstruating women need to do the BTT on the second and third mornings after their flow starts.

To do the BTT, place a mercury-type thermometer, well shaken down, by the bedside upon retiring. Upon awakening and before stirring from bed, place the bulb of the thermometer under the armpit and leave it there for 10 minutes. Record the reading on two consecutive days. A range of from 36.6⁰C (97.8⁰F) to 36.8⁰C (98.2⁰F) indicates normal thyroid function. Temperatures below this range indicate low thyroid function (hypothyroidism). Temperatures above this range indicate an overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism).or small children who are unable to remain still for 10 minutes, the BTT can be done by taking the rectal temperature for two minutes. Normal rectal temperature is from 37.1⁰C (98.8⁰F) to 37.3⁰C (99.2⁰F).

In the absence of starvation or fasting (which reduce body temperature) and acute fever (which raises it), the BTT is the most effective single measurement we have for finding thyroid dysfunction. If used by itself, it is probably 85% reliable. If combined with symptom surveys (such as the one above), reliability approaches 100%. In other words, if a person has both a low BTT reading and symptoms of low thyroid function, then hypothyroidism is almost certain, regardless of what any laboratory test may suggest.

Nutritional Factors
Throxine (T4) is made from iodine and the amino acid, tyrosine, in the diet. Deiodinase, the enzyme that converts T4 into triiodothyronine, is made from selenium and the amino acid, cysteine. Other nutrients that contribute to the manufacture and utlization of thyroid hormones include vitamins E, C, B-2, B-6, B-12, niacin, and biotin. Taking supplementary amounts of these nutrients, in suitable balance, can help to restore normal thyroid function.

Prescription Hormones
The medical treatment for hypothyroidism usually involves taking external thyroxine (T4). This treatment is effective in cases where the body does not produce enough T4 of its own – less so if the cause of hyopothyroidism is insufficient conversion of T4 to T3. Dr. Barnes recommends the use of dessicated thyroid as hormone replacement therapy. Prescription dessicated thyroid provides T4 plus some T3 and other naturally occurring nutritional factors from the whole thyroid gland.

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This revolutionary formula helps the body both to produce thyroxine (T4) and to convert T4 into triiodothyroine (T3), Many people have used it to wean themselves off prescription thyroid hormones. Others have successfully used it instead of taking external hormones. The quantity listed beside each nutrient is the recommended total to be taken daily, in divided amounts between meals. The ingredients in this unique formulation are best absorbed on an empty stomach.

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