Show 1289: Living with an Overactive Thyroid Gland

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

For such a small organ, your thyroid gland has an outsize impact. It controls energy utilization throughout every tissue in your body. When the thyroid gland isn’t working well, you may notice changes in your digestion, your heart rate, your skin, hair, muscles and your weight. A faltering thyroid may even have an impact on […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's Pharmacy.com.
0:14.0	20 million Americans suffer from some kind of thyroid disorder.
0:19.0	Many don't even know it. What symptoms are a red flag? This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Gradyin. Leavothiroxene and desiccated thyroid extract are among the most frequently dispensed medicines.
0:40.0	Why is hypothyroidism so common?
0:43.0	An overactive thyroid gland is also a big problem.
0:47.0	It can affect the heart, the bones, and the digestive tract.
0:51.0	How is hyperthyroidism usually treated?
0:54.8	We speak with one of the country's leading experts on treating thyroid disease.
0:59.0	We'll also talk with a functional medicine practitioner about managing hyperthyroidism.
1:04.0	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, insights into living with hypo and hyperthyroidism.
1:14.0	In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines,
1:17.0	COVID-19 has lasting consequences for many people
1:21.0	long after they've recovered from the acute phase of the illness.
1:24.7	Most studies of long COVID, also called post-acute Sequelli of COVID, have not focused on specific
1:31.1	age groups.
1:32.1	Now a study of more than 130,000 Medicare
1:35.5	Advantage patients who were diagnosed with COVID-19 shows that lingering
1:40.5	problems are common. The researchers report in the
1:44.2	BMJ that one third of these individuals over 65 had new or persistent health
1:50.4	problems in the four months following their recovery.
1:54.0	The most common difficulties were trouble breathing, fatigue,
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