Low Thyroid

Low thyroid is also known as hypothyroidism and so very common endocrine disorder experience by men women and children. The typical medical treatment involves providing thyroid substitution with a drug called Synthroid. Sometimes other forms of thyroid medications are used as well. Most patients, according to Dr. Wald experience, still suffer from various problems associated with hypothyroidism that are not managed merely by normalizing the blood levels of a synthetic thyroid medication. The symptoms of hypothyroidism are wide and can include resistance to stress, waking, dry skin, brittle hair, nails and teeth, hair loss in both men and women, constipation, diabetes and other conditions. Through careful consultation and nutritional testing, Dr. WALD can provide nutritional a natural lifestyle suggestions that often improve the authority tuition. According to Dr. WALD, it is important to identify the cause of hypothyroidism whenever possible. Genetics may also be a cause in the form of an autoimmune low thyroid condition known as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Various food and nutritional suggestions as well as lifestyle improvements such as exercise, sleep in improving stress tolerance, go along way and improving low thyroid conditions according to Dr. Wald.

According to Dr. Wald, “it must be kept in mind that no two people with low thyroid require the same nutritional solutions or the same medication‘s for that matter. Various causes should be identified and nutritional solutions directed specifically towards them. Heavy metals, radiation exposure and other causes must be addressed for each particular individual otherwise natural therapies generally do not work.

It should be kept in mind that a person we need to lose a large degree of their thyroid function before a laboratory test show a thing. This is why many people suffer from symptoms of hypothyroidism even though they have visited many doctors over many years. Dr. Wald has successfully treated many patients to the extent that that nutrition is implicated in a given patient’s hypothyroid situation.