Re: Re: hypothyroidism from birth/cretinism pictures

[Guest guest]

If only our little one ever presented clearly with anything, from ASD to

hypothyroidism. The trouble with these pictures is they lead you to believe if

your child has hypothyroid problems they might present anywhere near this way.

According to all the research I did kids with hypothyroidism are slow growing,

have thin hair and gain weight easily. Our little one was always in the 90th

percentile for height, had a ton of hair and was anorexic. Her only symptoms

were low body temps, dry skin and at that time was slightly ADD which I

attributed to mercury not low thyroid.

Her TSH and Free T4 were nearly perfect, just her Free T3 was a little low. But

with Armour the dry skin and the appetite and the ADD all corrected, and fast.

In her case it is the autoimmunity problem I believe that continues to cause

thyroid problems, still trying to figure that out here, beginning to feel as if

we will always be figuring that out here.

[ ] Re: hypothyroidism from birth/cretinism pictures

I've posted this before, but it is an archive of historical pictures

of children who did have serious hypothyroid issues (cretinism), with

follow-up pictures after treatment with natural thyroid hormone.

http://www.thyroidresearch.com/search.php

Rene

> >

> > Hi ALL;

> > Does anyone know if hypothyroidism can cause autism?

>

> No, it causes a condition called CRETINISM, which I am sure you can

find described on the

> web or in medical books.

> Even with my very dim view of modern medical practice, I really

doubt anyone is going to

> make the mistake of misdiagnosing cretinism as autism.

>

> Also most states requrie newborns to have thyroid tests.

>

> Andy

>

[Guest guest]

Rene,

Yes I do remember and btw my dd also was a huge baby/toddler and could have fit

those pictures, but there was an explanation. She slept through the night from

the time I brought her home from the hospital. She slept 16-20 hours a day until

she was about 4 months old. Just got up to eat and play a little.

Knowing what I know now, I would have had her thyroid checked. God knows when I

mentioned it to the ped that she was sleeping so much....he said he had never

had that complaint and just told me she might be delayed in her walking and

talking due to sleeping so much. Never offered to test anything and I had no

clue what might be wrong.

She did develop a goiter as a teenager, again the ped did not check it, clearly

a case of hypothyroidism. She was a brilliant baby, walked and talked by the age

of 7 months. A bright toddler, learned to read early. But this can steal their

intellect as well as heavy metal toxicity. Despite her good start she was always

a conundrum to her teachers i.e. in the gifted class but had learning

disabilities.

Wish I could have known more back then.

[ ] Re: hypothyroidism from birth/cretinism pictures

You're right, , things are seldom this clear for us. I doubt

that it would be easy to find kids that fit this profile (cretinism)

so clearly now, at least in developed countries, since they would get

treatment long before they got to this point.

FWIW, our son actually *did* look like a textbook case of hypo,

especially when he was an obese infant/toddler, but when we got our

free T3 and free T4 back last summer, they were beautiful. You may

remember that, since you helped me with the test results. My dh was

actually somewhat disappointed, it seemed like such a sure way to

help our son's autism. (But then, I'd be the one struggling with

temps and how many grains of armour, etc, not him.) :-S

Rene

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> If only our little one ever presented clearly with anything, from

ASD to hypothyroidism. The trouble with these pictures is they lead

you to believe if your child has hypothyroid problems they might

present anywhere near this way.

>