Tuesday, October 14, 2014

San Jose Thyroid Doctor Helps Patients Tired Of Feeling "run Down"

By Elke Hermann


Perhaps you have almost no energy most days and it is almost impossible to drag yourself out of bed. This can make life extremely difficult, especially if you have a family to take care of. Your problems could be a thyroid gland that is under-active (hypothyroidism) and a San Jose thyroid doctor that practices functional or natural medicine, may be able to help you.

Many people see family doctors when they are feeling unusually tired or have little energy. Your physician may order blood tests and those tests may show that there is no hypothyroidism. However, you may have hypothyroidism but the right testing procedures are not being utilized.

Many endocrine system problems are immune related. In other words, the immune system sees one part of the human body as a threat and literally attacks it. If this is the case, the usual therapy involves suppressing the immune system, but this can lead to a host of other health problems.

Once your body's defenses are weakened, symptoms associated with autoimmune disorders may improve greatly. However, a weakened immune system leaves the door open for other invading organisms to enter the body. In some cases, a simple cold can turn into pneumonia.

Some autoimmune conditions are caused by the gut. Your digestive system must operate smoothly or waste begins to back up and this can create a host of problems. When elimination is slowed, toxins build up in the colon. Harmful bacteria may enter, making you ill and this overworks your body's defense system. All of this can spell trouble with the human immune response.

When the thyroid is not functioning properly, the first reaction may be to address it with medication. However, many problems affect this important gland, but are rooted somewhere else in the body. Functional medicine directs therapy at the actual cause of the problem so it can be eliminated naturally, and it may not return.




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