I recently shared a
post about thyroid disease and the autoimmune condition often responsible for causing hypothyroidism, called Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
HealthCentral had the opportunity to interview Dana about her journey with her blog and hypothyroidism before, and this chat allowed Dana to interact with the HealthCentral community for the first
time about thyroid disease.
It's true that most of us would rather show up to work in our underwear than talk about thyroid dysfunction and our symptoms, but it's the one thing that will help people understand, and combat some of the most common
misconceptions about thyroid disease.
Your book and the Hormone Cure are ground breaking books and I wish the doctors I see even had half of the knowledge contained in these
books about thyroid disease, adrenal function, and intestinal permeability.
But even the savviest patient may not know to ask some of these key
questions about thyroid disease that can finally help us feel well and live a better life.
One of the best steps you can take is to make sure that your obstetrician - gynecologist, thyroid practitioner — and fertility doctor, if applicable — are
knowledgeable about thyroid disease, and will partner with you at every step of the way to ensure optimal thyroid health.
The
thing about thyroid disease, just like anxiety, is that it's a sign of a bigger imbalance in your body — while thyroid medications and glandulars can certainly help, they do not get to the underlying root cause of the condition, and thyroid conditions, which are usually autoimmune in nature, may progress to other types of autoimmune disorders.
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