Studies have shown that excess iodine causes thyroid injury by generating reactive oxygen species, which lead to premature damage and programmed cell death
in thyroid tissues.
The halogens bromide, chloride, and fluoride compete with iodine for the receptor binding sites in the thyroid, but instead of activating the receptors they build up
in thyroid tissue and cause thyroid cell death and inflammation.
These whole foods naturally provide some thyroid hormones (T4, T3, T2 and T1) along with co-factors and proteins exclusively expressed
in thyroid tissue to nourish and balance one's own thyroid.
Gluten is a very, very big problem for people with thyroid issues because the protein is very similar to the protein
in your thyroid tissue.
Part of the thinking out there is that these foods contain goitrogens, and goitrogens are essentially compounds that suppress the function of the thyroid gland by inhibiting iodine uptake
in the thyroid tissue.
Hashimoto's is a complex disease, whose causes are too complex to explore in this post, but in my opinion it is generally caused by exogenous toxins (gluten, mercury, bisphenol - A, bromide, etc) that disrupt gut flora and cause gut permeability and disturbed immunity that allows infections to enter the body and take root
in thyroid tissue, after which in susceptible persons an autoimmune attack on the thyroid can develop.
Technetium, a short acting radioactive substance, is administered through a catheter into a vein, and concentrates
in the thyroid tissue.
Not exact matches
The
thyroid interestingly is thought to help
in transferring heat to the baby and affects the woman's metabolism and how she handles the pregnancy and the brain is where the
tissue affects neural circuitry which is directly responsible for the Mom / baby bonding and bonding and attachment
in the early days and beyond.
The researchers studied mice with a defective type of
thyroid hormone receptor, meaning that they are hypothyroid
in certain
tissues, including
in the smooth muscle of blood vessels.
When radioisotopes lodge
in certain organs — such as iodine - 131
in the
thyroid gland — the constant bombardment of surrounding
tissue can overwhelm repair mechanisms and trigger cancer.
LL34 is highly expressed
in the early developing foregut, a region of the embryo that generates multiple
tissue types, including lung,
thyroid, and liver.
The researchers were able to replicate this finding by comparing the healthy
thyroid tissues in GTEx to 500 samples taken from
thyroid tumors, compiled by The Cancer Genome Atlas, and giving support to the extensive impact of FOXE1 on cellular state.
In stage T4a larynx cancer the tumor grows through the
thyroid cartilage and / or into
tissues beyond the larynx, such as the
thyroid gland, trachea, esophagus, tongue muscles, or neck muscles.
What is clearly evident
in the Swedish health care registers is the fact that those who lack a thymus have an increased incidence of autoimmune diseases
in which the immune system attacks the body's own
tissue; Type 1 diabetes;
thyroid disease; rheumatic disease; and hypersensitivity to gluten.
An international team led by metabolism experts Matthias Tschöp (Helmholtz Zentrum München / Technische Universität Müchen), Richard diMarchi (Indiana University) and Timo Müller (Helmholtz Zentrum München) report
in the current issue of the journal Cell that liver - specific delivery of the
thyroid hormone T3 using glucagon corrects obesity, glucose intolerance, fatty liver disease and atherosclerosis without causing adverse effects
in other
tissues.
But the SMA mutation also generated defects
in the other
tissue cells — for muscles, gut, lung and
thyroid — he derived from the iPS cells they used.
This genotype was previously tied to PDE10A expression
in neuronal
tissue and
in the
thyroid and was also linked with
thyroid hormone levels.
It then makes a mistake and damages
tissues at distant locations
in the body, such as the
thyroid.
Hypothyroidism — an underproduction of hormones by the
thyroid gland
in the neck — is caused by an abnormal immune system response that mistakenly attacks normal body
tissue.
Lectins also have the potential to bind to any carbohydrate containing
tissue in the body, from the
thyroid to the heart.
It causes massive inflammation
in the body
in many individuals, especially those with
thyroid conditions, and studies have proven that it can cause the immune system to produce antibodies that attack its own organs or
tissues.
Hashimoto's is an autoimmune condition that results
in the breakdown of
thyroid tissue to the point where the person can no longer produce
thyroid hormone.
Because
thyroid tissue is virtually the only
tissue in the body that absorbs iodine, radioactive iodine will easily hone
in on any remaining
thyroid tissue and destroy it.
In my experience, the best
thyroid panel would include TSH, free and total T3, free and total T4, reverse T3, levels of antibodies to
thyroid tissue, plus indirect markers like homocysteine, alpha and beta carotene, and cholesterol.
The protein binding of the
thyroid hormones also protects against any sudden increase
in circulating free T3, should the
tissues rapidly increase their conversion of T4 to T3.
Our primary problem with them is that they damage developing
tissues in the endocrine system, which includes the
thyroid, the adrenal glands, the pituitary gland, the testicles and ovaries, and the pancreas (which produces insulin).
Unsaturated oils block
thyroid hormone secretion, its movement
in the circulatory system, and the response of
tissues to the hormone.
So, when the
thyroid makes
thyroid hormone, it makes it, the majority is T4, also known as thyroxine, and then, really
in a number of different
tissues in the body, the liver and the kidney, well, I'll say this, T4 is converted to T3
in just about every cell of the body.
The
thyroid is the biggest converter of T4 to T3
in the body (relatively new research)- more than the liver and kidneys and peripheral
tissues.
T4 is converted
in the brain,
thyroid, bloodstream, and other body
tissues to the more active form of
thyroid hormone — T3.
Testing
Thyroid - Stimulating Immunoglobulin (TSI) Levels
Thyroid - stimulating Immunoglobulin is an antibody that can bind to
tissue in the skin and beneath eyeballs, resulting
in conditions like pretibial myxedema and exophthalmos.
Kohrle J.
Thyroid hormone deiodination
in target
tissues — a regulatory role for the trace element selenium?
Intake of 3 - 6 mg / day, an amount commonly consumed
in Japan without increased incidence of autoimmune thyroiditis or hypothyroidism, may be necessary to support not only
thyroid hormone production, but iodine's important antioxidant functions
in the breast and other
tissues in which this trace mineral is concentrated.
Additionally, the elevated insulin will increase D2 activity and suppress TSH levels, further decreasing
thyroid levels and making it inappropriate to use the TSH as a reliable marker for
tissue thyroid levels
in the presence of elevated insulin levels as occurs with obesity, insulin resistance, or type II diabetes (91 - 99,233).
The reduced immunity from chronic stress has been thought to be due to excess cortisol production; but the associated reduction
in tissue thyroid levels are shown to play a larger role
in the decreased immunity seen with stress, and
thyroid supplementation is shown to reverse the stress induced reduction
in immunity (217).
In addition to that, the
thyroid hormones also function as regulators for energy consumption, maturation, and growth of the
tissues of the body.
In order to be appropriately and thoroughly evaluated for
thyroid dysfunction and obtain optimal treatment, it is important that patients find a thyroidologist who understands the limitations of standard
thyroid testing and can clinically evaluate patients by taking an extensive inventory of potential signs and symptoms that may be due to low
tissue thyroid levels despite normal standard
thyroid tests.
Levels of a number of
thyroid blocking toxins, including bisphenol - A and PBDE's, are significantly higher
in individuals
in the United States (PBDE's being especially high
in California)(275,276), resulting
in reduced T3 effect
in all
tissues in almost all individuals
in the United States compared to the rest of the world that is not detected by standard
thyroid testing.
Unfortunately, serum
thyroid levels often do not accurately reflect intracellular
tissue levels or levels
in a particular
tissue.
In the presences of such conditions there are reduced tissue levels of active thyroid in all tissues except the pituitar
In the presences of such conditions there are reduced
tissue levels of active
thyroid in all tissues except the pituitar
in all
tissues except the pituitary.
Your
thyroid is the small, butterfly - shaped gland, located
in the neck, that produces hormones that deliver oxygen and energy to your cells,
tissues, organs, and glands throughout the body.
For instance, Bisphenol - A, which is ubiquitous
in the environment and large amounts of which can leach into food and liquids from plastic water bottles and the lining of aluminum cans, is shown to significantly block
thyroid activity
in all
tissues except the pituitary, potentially contributing to or causing weight gain, fatigue, and depression but not detected by TSH testing (128,129,132,133,275).
These nodules can be either a growth of
thyroid tissue or a fluid - filled cyst, which forms a lump
in the
thyroid gland.
This means that even if serum T4 and T3
thyroid hormone levels are normal, when
tissue potassium is low they may not be utilized, resulting
in a low
thyroid effect.
Consequently, T3 and reverse T3 levels should be evaluated
in individuals who exercise and / or diet to better determine cellular
thyroid levels, as TSH and T4 would not necessarily reflect
tissue levels
in such patients.
When the amino acid sequence is homologous between the target antigen, such as gluten, against which the immune system is mounting a response, and
tissue proteins, such as the
thyroid tissue, a case of mistaken identity occurs, and the immune response can become directed against self
tissues, manifesting as autoimmune disease (Hashimoto's thyroiditis
in this instance).
Iodine deficiency, an inability to produce the proper amount of
thyroid hormones, autoimmunity when the body attacks
thyroid tissue, a growth
in the
thyroid.
The scar
tissue seen
in the selenium - deficient children affected with myxedematous endemic cretinism further supports the notion that a lack of the antioxidant selenium leads to the destruction of
thyroid tissue due to inability to neutralize the hydrogen peroxide.
Although a fish does not have an actual
thyroid gland, but rather diffuse
thyroid follicles with many located
in the head (notably around the eye area and the pharynx), the good news is that these follicles are very similar to mammalian
thyroid tissue.
The cause is autoimmune, meaning that your immune system gets overactivated, perhaps beginning
in the gut, and attacks and ultimately destroys
thyroid tissue.