Guest guest Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 > Hi Bev, > > When I recently bought a supplement, it said on the box: " Contains kelp and therefore not suitable for persons with thyroid disease " . On a German site on Hashimoto's disease I found the following information (translated from German): " Iodine makes your condition worse and should therefore be avoided by persons with autoimmune thyroid disease " . In Germany, there are also thyroid meds containing iodine, but those are not to be prescribed to patients with Hashimoto's. > > Catarina Is there any language you don't speak Catarina ?? Yes , iodine is big in Germany . I did my thyroid education in the US , and when some day I landed in Germany I was amazed about all the iodine they use . I had never heard of that . In France noone talks about iodine . But I think has an article somewhere too which says the same , that one shouldn't use it with Hashi's . ne in France http://www.geocities.com/thyroide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 > You don't actually have to have ANY hyper symtpoms at all while going through this. Please still have them check your antibodies. > PattiSue right - not everybody swings back and forth from hyper to hypo with hashi's. It depends how your immune system is attacking your thyroid. But does it matter? since a person is treated the same way if they are hypothyroid or hypo due to hashi's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Thats right...A person must have their anti-thyroglobulin antibodies checked. This tells the whole tale. Knew a woman who had anti bodies in the 1300 range. Anything over 5 was bad...Hashi's for sure....yet she is treated the exact same way...Armour, eat better, drink a lot of water. She hasnt' gotten to the adrenal stage yet. A person can only soak in so much info...especially a person who's mind is foggy from hypo/hashi's. One step at a time. And the first step is to get the correct blood work run. T4 FT4 T3 FT3 Reverse T3 Antithyroglobulin-Antibodies TPO AM Cortisol (if fasting) Those are the " basic tests " Answers will come from these tests. Patti Re: to Bev/iodine/kelp > You don't actually have to have ANY hyper symtpoms at all while going through this. Please still have them check your antibodies. > PattiSue right - not everybody swings back and forth from hyper to hypo with hashi's. It depends how your immune system is attacking your thyroid. But does it matter? since a person is treated the same way if they are hypothyroid or hypo due to hashi's? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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