Continuation of My Thoughts on Hashimoto and Graves Disease

Hi ya'll. Today, I am back again to discuss my thoughts on Hashimoto and Graves Disease. Again, these are only my thoughts and I am not giving any medical advice...I am only sharing my thoughts in hope that this will cause others to think and we will try to help ourselves in ridding our bodies of these horrible diseases.

 As I said before..I feel that the hormonal imbalances in our body are triggered by our intake of food and/or our environmental exposures. These things can also lead to inflammation in the body...and or hormonal imbalance...I do feel that excessive inflammation in the body can cause the immune system to go haywire...leading it to attack the cell tissues...such as the tissue of the thyroid... Interesting enough...this seems to cause the thyroid to either overreact or underact. Iodine is a micro nutrient that apparently have a huge impact on the thyroid... So, this is also another cause for thyroid issues. Iodine deficiency can cause a under active thyroid and too much iodine can cause a over active thyroid... This takes us back to our diet...lack of vital nutrients.

Below, you will find some links that may also assist you in your research for answers.

Here is a link for Hashimoto Disease https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/endocrine-diseases/hashimotos-disease. Notice in this article it says Hashimotos appears in teen and young women. It more often appears in women between the age of 40 and 60. And it is 8 times more common in women than men.

Here is a link for Graves Disease...https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/endocrine-diseases/graves-disease.

You can test your iodine level at home by doing a patch test on your skin...if you are interested...here is a link https://www.healthline.com/health/iodine-deficiency.



I do hope this is helpful...in your search about these diseases.


Pat.

My Thoughts About Hasimoto and Graves Disease

I started this blog over a year ago, but have not really blogged much at all... And I am not really sure why. However, with the chaos of a certain "virus" that has arisen...I think I should talk about the Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases... Before, I go into this topic...I must put a disclaimer out there...I am only sharing my thoughts...This is not a scientific study...and I am not a medical doctor...

Most likely, many of us have pondered how and why our immune system attack itself... I definitely have pondered this...many times... Throughout my pondering I came up with hormonal imbalance... What else can it be? Again, I must reiterate...these are just my thoughts...on my situation. 

As ya'll probably know...those diseases seems to affect women the most... I feel that women are the most likely to have hormonal dysfunctions. Throughout my research of these horrible diseases that plague people...I have noticed that quite frequently, the women that they affect are usually pregnant or post partum, menopausal or postmenopausal. I was menopausal and post menopausal...when Grave Disease plagued me. 

I can remember this as if it was yesterday... It hit me like a ton of bricks...and it changed my life forever. I remember having insomnia, losing my libido...and starting to get chin hairs...I figured at that time...I must be starting menopause...But the symptoms didn't just stop there...Over the months to come, I began to experience more severe symptoms...which was very puzzling to me...Also, interesting enough some of the symptoms for menopause also mimics the symptoms for Grave Disease...

My thoughts on my experience are...menopause threw my body into an unbalanced state...and this is what led my immune system to attack my thyroid gland...and the effect was an over reacting thyroid... Homeostasis is so important to the well being of our entire existence. I personally feel that when there is a disruption in that balance...it can lead to dis-ease in the body... And no everyone don't experience the same things...Some of us experience more of a harsh reaction... Why??? That is in my opinion the million dollars question. 

When you research autoimmune diseases...you will notice that the results you will most likely find is... they don't know what causes autoimmune disease... However, during my ponder...I have come to believe that these dis-eases are a result of hormonal imbalances... We have many hormones in our body which is comprised of the endocrine system... Those hormones work together to create harmony in our bodies...and when one is off...then it can have a domino affect. I believe the issue is our intake and our environment...with the latter also being intake...Our body is missing key nutrients...and or it has too much of key ingredient(s). 

At this moment I want to summarize my entire experience with the horrible Grave's Disease... I began menopause,  which caused a hormonal imbalance which led to Grave's Disease, which led to me (being urged by my endocrinologist) to radiate my thyroid... Also, I want to note that I did go into remission for approximately 3 years...So, I feel that at some point there was a shift...or my body made adjustments for the changes that were taking place...or I received some much needed nutrients...or my body expelled the overage of a nutrient... But then there was another shift in my hormone when I was post menopausal...And then Graves Disease hit me again... And right now...all I can think of is...if only I was in tune with my own body...this could have been all avoided... Again, these are my thoughts....

Now, getting to the reason  why I chose to blog about this...It is my understanding that having and autoimmune disease...can be a serious issue...if one contract that dreadful "virus"... I think it would be because of the possible response of the immune system. The immune system can over react...that can cause a serious issue... I am just sharing what I have heard several doctors say... What can people with auto immune diseases do? We need to work on fixing our bodies... It is my thought...finding out what is causing the shift in our hormones...which leads to our body being in an unbalanced state. What are we taking in and or what are we missing...I urge you all that are dealing with any type of auto immune disease to try and connect with your body...if you haven't... Listen to your body... We need to help our body to heal... Why would our body attack itself??? There is always an answer...if we seek it... 

I hope this blog post is not all over the place...and I hope that we all will do our best...in finding good health and healing...Thanks so much for stopping by.

Well Wishes!

Patricia

Fairytales and Fitness

Earth Day!!

Hello blogging world. Yeah, it has been over a year since I posted. Since today is a day that have been designated Earth Day, I had some thoughts that I wanted to share. So, here I am. And just to be clear, it is my opinion that every day is Mother Earth Day.

With everything that is going on in our space today...it would seem that more of us would do some reflecting...self reflection and reflection on our environment... Well, I have... And it is my opinion that we have completely left our natural being. If our environment...our space is natural...then how do we leave that? This had to occurred over time...Do you feel natural? Do you feel like you came from the earth... Or do your space feel foreign to you? Mother Earth did not leave us...we left her... Yes, we left her... And I do mean us as a people...

Today, I was also thinking about how we as a whole judge our space. For instance we see the night as in darkness...as something evil and bad... And the day light as something good. You know...good and evil... Well, it is my opinion that this is preposterous...yes preposterous. How can a time of rest and rejuvenation be a time of evil... That is absolutely impossible. No one can do anything evil at night without the help of artificial lighting... Humans can not see without some form of lighting... Many children are afraid of the dark... And that's because of the lies that have been tied to a period of time of rest also other contributing factors.... This is just one example of us leaving our state natural being. Dark and light is a balance. They balance each other... Just as positive and negative balance each other.

How, do we return back to our natural state of being? I really don't have an answer to that...Do you? However, I would suggest that we try and reconnect back to Mother Earth during this "lock down"...let that be our starting point...

I could go on and on...Hopefully someone will get what I am trying to say... I do hope that this will leave someone with the desire to go deeper within yourself.

Have a wonderful and peaceful day!!!

Disclaimer: This only applies to the people that can relate.