«Here in Germany we are suffering from an epidemic of
autoimmune thyroid disease due to the government's huge campaign to iodize our salt and water.
Not exact matches
My
autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto's thyroiditis), which I suspect is
due to decades of gluten exposure, will never go away.
While increased incidence of Hashimoto's thyroiditis, the
autoimmune disease responsible for the majority of cases of hypothyroidism, is part of a larger epidemic of
autoimmune disorders, the skyrocketing rates of
thyroid cancer are likely a consequence of over-diagnosis
due to an unprecedented increase in
thyroid imaging.
She was also on
thyroid medication
due to a bout of
autoimmune thyroid disease, and suffered recurrent yeast and bacterial infections.
If you already have Hashimoto's hypothyroidism, an
autoimmune thyroid condition, you are already at added risk for developing another
autoimmune disease due to immune dysregulation.
The presence of
thyroid peroxidase antibodies in your blood suggests that the cause of
thyroid disease is
due to an
autoimmune disorder such as Hashimoto's
disease or Graves»
disease.
Hyperthyroidism is most often
due to the
autoimmune condition known as Graves»
disease, or in some cases
due to
thyroid nodules that produce excess
thyroid hormone or thyroiditis.
This is because 90 percent of hypothyroid cases in the United States are
due to Hashimoto's, an
autoimmune disease that attacks and destroys the
thyroid gland.
Taking iodine or foods and supplements that contain iodine to help your
thyroid can be problematic because many cases of
autoimmune thyroid disease — by far the most common cause of
thyroid conditions in the U.S. — are not
due to iodine deficiency.
The coexistence of celiac and
autoimmune thyroid disease is partly
due to a common genetic predisposition.
Research shows ninety percent of hypothyroidism cases are
due to an
autoimmune disease that attacks and destroys the
thyroid gland.
As
disease progresses some patients can experience hyperthyroid symptoms
due to excess of
thyroid hormone coming into the blood strem as the
thyroid gland becomes destructed during the
autoimmune attack.
Most
thyroid cases are
autoimmune in nature, and
autoimmune disease rates have skyrocketed
due to genetics, poor nutrition, and environmental factors.
Roughly half of these cases occur
due an
autoimmune disease of the
thyroid gland (termed lymphocytic thyroiditis).
Underactive
thyroid, also known as hypothyroidism, is a
thyroid gland disorder in which the
thyroid puts out too few iodine - based hormones, usually
due to a
disease called
autoimmune thyroiditis.
My good colleague and friend, Jean Dodds, DVM has written and spoken extensively about the link between vaccination and
thyroid disease in some breeds,
due to
autoimmune reaction potentially affecting this gland.