Thyroid glands?

Question

if a women has thyroid problom is there treatment she can get to loose the weight? or is she gonna just keep blowing up?

Answer 1

YES!! ask your doctor about it... my aunt starting loosing weight after they found that she had an overactive thyroid and my cousin, who's always been on anti-depressants, found that she had an overactive thyroid and with the medication they put her on for it she hasn't needed to take her "happy" pills anymore.
an overactive thyroid changes a lot in our systems... who knew?! =)

Answer 2

The thyroid gland is positioned at the front of the throat, decrease than the Adam’s apple. It consists of 2 lobes that lie on both aspect of the windpipe, joined in the front through an isthmus. The thyroid gland secretes hormones to regulate many metabolic methods, including boom and power expenditure. Hypothyroidism means the thyroid gland is underactive and fails to secrete sufficient hormones into the bloodstream. This causes the guy’s metabolism to decelerate.

Answer 3

Once treated with the right medication for her and at the right levels the weight gain will stop. If she's lucky she may lose the weight by doing nothing, but that's not the norm. Most of us have to lose it with diet & exercise, but atr least the thyroid meds stop the weight gain.

The more important thing while hypothyroid is knowing your lab results. Most doctors undermedicate their thyroid patients leaving them at the high end of normal in TSH, where they should be closer to the low end of normal. For those on T4, TSH around 1.0 will stop the weight gain. If the TSH of 1.0 does not stopo other hypo symptoms, then its time to look into a med like Armour that is adjusted by the free t4 and free t3 blood tests.

Below are some thyroid links.

Answer 4

When a woman gets the right treatment for the thyroid condition, it will be much easier to lose the weight.

Answer 5

Adjusting your thyroid hormone levels may help you lose weight BUT many overweight people blame their thyroid rather than their eating habits. Taking thyroid hormone won't cure overeating.

Secondly, one of the symptoms of an underactive thyroid is depression, and some depressed people have a tendency to overeat.

Answer 6

try googling wilsons syndrome for some really interesting info on thyroid-what the docs wont tell you. If your doc puts you on synthetic thyroid meds, ask to switch to armour thyroid right away. The synthetic stuff did nothing for me for many years, but the armour nailed the prob straight away, and I lost a ton of weight.

Answer 7

If the cause is underactive thyroid, then she can take synthetic thyroid hormone (Synthroid) to improve her condition. This may make her lose some weight.

Answer 8

lose not loose.
many people have a thyroid imbalance,so see your doctor to test if you have an over or under active thyroid.
it is correctible usually.
dont fret see the doctor asap

Answer 9

NewsTarget.com printable article
Originally published June 25 2005
How iodine accelerates weight loss by supporting the thyroid gland
by Dani Veracity

If adjusting your diet and exercising more hasn't helped you reach a healthy body weight, you may have hypothyroidism, or an underactive thyroid gland. In addition to weight gain, other symptoms of hypothyroidism include a bad complexion, fatigue, forgetfulness, loss of sex drive, impotence, irritability and unhealthy hair, nails and teeth. Fortunately, you can help normalize an underactive thyroid gland by increasing your intake of the mineral iodine.
"The healthy functioning of the thyroid is essential to maintaining metabolism and preventing the accumulation of body fat," writes Burton Goldberg in Alternative Medicine. An underactive thyroid gland slows your metabolism; you thus burn dramatically fewer calories and feel sluggish. In addition, in Asian Health Secrets, Letha Hadady explains that an underactive thyroid gland promotes excess weight and cellulite by causing water retention.

After-effects observed following thyroid removal surgery helped prove the connection between the thyroid gland and metabolism to the medical community. For example, according to Gayle Reichler's book Active Wellness, thyroid removal caused one patient to gain weight daily and feel that her "system had slowed down considerably." Unless your thyroid has been completely removed or damaged, your symptoms will not be quite so severe; however, even moderate hypothyroidism can make you gain weight and body fat.

Iodine makes up less than a hundred thousandth of a percent of your body weight, but your thyroid cannot function without this trace mineral. If you have too little iodine in your diet, hypothyroidism and weight gain will occur. "I believe that an insufficient intake of organic iodine in today's modern diet has led to a serious and chronic form of low-grade hypothyroidism," writes Donald R. Yance, Jr. in Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer. Increasing your iodine level will allow your thyroid function and metabolic rate to return to normal.

You can add iodine to your diet by taking supplements, but beware: Excessive thyroid function resulting from excess iodine is just as detrimental to the human body as hypothyroidism. You should have normal, moderate amounts of iodine in your body. In Food and Healing, Anne Marie Colbin provides a caution: "Considering that we are already ingesting large qualities of this mineral because of its presence in fertilizers and table salt, the situation (your iodine level) definitely bears watching."

Because of this danger, Earl Mindell recommends kelp, which naturally contains iodine, as an alternative to iodine supplements in pill form. "Kelp has a normalizing effect on the thyroid gland. In other words, thin people with thyroid trouble can gain weight by using kelp, and obese people can lose weight with it," Mindell writes in his Vitamin Bible for the Twenty-First Century. Whichever form of iodine supplementation you choose, however, you must also be sure to get enough vitamin A in your diet. According to Goldberg, without sufficient vitamin A, your thyroid gland cannot produce thyroxin, a hormone that helps the thyroid absorb iodine.

If you believe that you have a thyroid problem, then by all means, go to a doctor or other medical professional. On the other hand, if you just haven't been exercising enough or following a healthy diet, don't put blind faith into iodine supplements as an easy and effortless way to lose weight. "Iodine itself will not help with weight loss if there is normal thyroid function," writes Dr. Elson M. Haas in Staying Healthy with Nutrition. Unless you do indeed have abnormal thyroid function, there is no substitute for exercise and a healthy diet.

Answer 10

Of course there's treatment. See a doc.

and check for this book at your local library.

"Solved, the riddle of illness "
Langer, Stephen E.