118 Thyroid Testing: What You Need to Know - Encore Presentation

On Health for Women

Aviva Romm

Alternative Health, Arts, Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 18 January 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Hypothyroidism is the most common thyroid problem and the autoimmune form, Hashimoto’s disease, is the most common form of all. We know that 28 million individuals in the US alone are affected, and it's suspected that about 50% more are affected, have symptoms, and remain undiagnosed. Yet many doctors seem reluctant to do an adequate work-up of thyroid function. Some even refuse to give the tests that would help demystify whether you have hypothyroidism or another thyroid problem. This seems strange given how common thyroid problems are, and yet they are quite willing to freely prescribe antidepressants, when it's estimated that 15% of people on an antidepressant are depressed due to a hypothyroidism - which hasn't been diagnosed in them! Sadly, so many women are left believing that their symptoms of depression, fatigue, joint aches, weakness, weight gain and more are all in their head! Perhaps this has even happened to you. There are 6 key tests that can unlock the mystery of your thyroid function and are what your doctor should be looking at. In this encore presentation of Natural MD Radio I’m talking about what thyroid labs I run to diagnose patients and what labs you should ask for if you suspect you might have a thyroid problem Show notes at avivaromm.com/118

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Natural MD Radio. This is your host Dr. Aviva Ram. Since January is National
0:06.6	Thyroid Awareness Month, I'm running oncours of some of my top past thyroid podcasts,
0:12.4	and I've created some new ones for you too. I hope this
0:15.8	month's episodes will raise your awareness about how important an issue this is
0:19.6	for women's health. Considering that the current rates are that one in eight women will receive a
0:25.2	diagnosis of a thyroid problem, most commonly hypo-thyroidism or Hashimoto's, in her lifetime,
0:31.7	and also provide you with what you need to know to get both proper
0:35.1	and effective medical care the right diagnoses as well as know what lifestyle
0:39.8	and natural alternatives you can trust to support or to heal your thyroid function.
0:44.8	In this episode of Natural MD radio you're going to learn about the six thyroid
0:49.2	tests that can help you get the most accurate thyroid diagnosis.
0:53.6	Knowledge is power, and given that hypotherroidism and Hashimoto's diagnoses are often missed
0:59.3	by conventional doctors and yet often over-diagnosed by integrative and functional medicine doctors,
1:05.8	this is essential information if you're going to be in the driver's seat of your thyroid health.
1:11.3	To read the article that accompanies this episode go to aviva Ram
1:14.6	dot com forward slash one one eight that's the number one eighteen. 18. Hold Truth on Health and Medicine for Women and Children and get the tools you need to take back your health naturally, starting now.
1:38.0	I'm Dr. Aviva Rong. Did you know that the toxic level of blood lead was just halved from 10 down to 5. This means that everyone who previously
1:57.0	had a level over 5 who could have been having toxicity symptoms was told that their level was normal.
2:05.0	Well, it's not so different with thyroid hormones.
2:08.0	Just a few years ago, the level of T.S.H, which is the main thyroid hormone we check to see if there's a thyroid problem,
2:15.2	had to be over 10 to be diagnosed with hypothyroidism. That level has now been brought down to 4.8 in most lab cases and there's even controversy
2:26.8	over whether that is low enough.
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