Re: FIR sauna/ thyroid/ Rich

[Guest guest]

Well, that all makes sense, and you're right thyroid disease should

be ruled in or out, but I worked for years on my thyroid health,

which included finding the right kind and dosage of thyroid hormone

replacement, and instead of getting better, I just got sicker and

sicker. My thryoid looks great on paper. But it never helped me feel

much better, marginally at best.

penny

> Forgive me for being so simplistic, but every time I read about

this,

> I can't help but think of thyroid issues.

>

> Low thyroid, or thyroid hormones resistance in the peripherial

> tissues could cause many of CFS's common symptoms. Dr. Peatfield

> seems to think that the long term outcome of untreated low thyroid,

> or thyroid hormone resistance, is 's disease. This could

> explain the atrophied adrenals.

>

> Too, low thyroid would seem to result in low ATP, which would seem

to

> result in low glutathione, which would lead to heavy metal build

up,

> which further lowers thyroid hormone deionization in the

> mitochondria, which would restart the cycle again.

>

> Staying warm conserves thyroid hormone. Maybe this is one action

of

> the FIR saunas?

>

> I'm not saying this is my theory. I'm just pointing this out

> because, low thyroid has demonstratably been under diagnosed, and

is

> still not well understood by most physicians IMO. Too, our

thyroids,

> and the enzyme system that deiodenizes T4 are under " attack " from

> many sources in modern life, both chemical and heavy metal. It

> should be a fairly simple palative intervention point, that

shouldn't

> be overlooked. And a consideration in any modeling we do of this

> disease process, no?

>

> Zippy

[Guest guest]

Zippy,

I agree that low thyroid needs to be considered in CFS. And staying

warm should reduce the demand for thyroid hormones. It's difficult

to clearly delineate the cause and effect sequence in CFS, because

the body's systems are so interactive. It does appear, though, that

there are several possible benefits from FIR heating.

Rich

> Forgive me for being so simplistic, but every time I read about

this,

> I can't help but think of thyroid issues.

>

> Low thyroid, or thyroid hormones resistance in the peripherial

> tissues could cause many of CFS's common symptoms. Dr. Peatfield

> seems to think that the long term outcome of untreated low

thyroid,

> or thyroid hormone resistance, is 's disease. This could

> explain the atrophied adrenals.

>

> Too, low thyroid would seem to result in low ATP, which would seem

to

> result in low glutathione, which would lead to heavy metal build

up,

> which further lowers thyroid hormone deionization in the

> mitochondria, which would restart the cycle again.

>

> Staying warm conserves thyroid hormone. Maybe this is one action

of

> the FIR saunas?

>

> I'm not saying this is my theory. I'm just pointing this out

> because, low thyroid has demonstratably been under diagnosed, and

is

> still not well understood by most physicians IMO. Too, our

thyroids,

> and the enzyme system that deiodenizes T4 are under " attack " from

> many sources in modern life, both chemical and heavy metal. It

> should be a fairly simple palative intervention point, that

shouldn't

> be overlooked. And a consideration in any modeling we do of this

> disease process, no?

>

> Zippy