The thyroid gland is an endocrine gland in your neck. It makes two hormones that are secreted into the blood: thyroxin (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). These hormones are necessary for all the cells in your body to work normally
The thyroid gland lies in the front of your neck in a position just below your Adam’s apple. It is made up of two lobes - the right lobe and the left lobe, each about the size of a plum cut in half - and these two lobes are joined by a small bridge of thyroid tissue called the isthmus.
Symptoms which you may experience
· Sleeplessness
· Weight Gain
· Increased sweating
· Irregular Periods
· Hairfall
· Obesity
· Joint Pains
· Loss of Appetite
· Constipation.
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Different thyroid disorders in brief:
1. Hyperthyroidism:
In hyperthyroidism, the thyroid gland is overactive. It produces too much of its hormone. Graves’ disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism, affecting about 70 percent of people with an overactive thyroid. Nodules on the thyroid — a condition called toxic nodular goiter or multi nodular goiter — can also cause the gland to overproduce its hormones.
2. Hypothyroidism:
Hypothyroidism is the opposite of hyperthyroidism. The thyroid gland is underactive, and it can’t produce enough of its hormones.Hypothyroidism is often caused by Hashimoto’s disease
3. Hashimoto’s disease
Hashimoto’s disease is also known as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis. It’s the most common cause of hypothyroidism, The disease occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks and slowly destroys the thyroid gland and its ability to produce hormones.
4. Graves’ disease
Graves’ disease was named for the doctor who first described it more than 150 years ago. It’s the most common cause of hyperthyroidism.
Graves’ is an autoimmune disorder that occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the thyroid gland. This can cause the gland to overproduce the hormone responsible for regulating metabolism.
5. Goiter
Goiter is a noncancerous enlargement of the thyroid gland. The most common cause of goiter worldwide is iodine deficiency in the diet. Researchers estimate that goiter affects 200 million of the 800 million people who are iodine-deficient worldwide.
Few Myths and Fact about Thyroid disorders.
Myth 1- Once if we get Thyroid disease we have to take life long medication or opt for surgery.
Fact- It is only true with respect with allopathy treatment. In homeopathy , life long medication is not required and surgeries can be avoided by using Homeopathy medicines.
Myth 2- Homeopathy is slow in giving results.
Fact- Homeopathy is definitely not slow in giving results. The reason why people feel like this is because it is derived from our previous generation which is not true. If a patient comes to us after years of getting diagnosed with thyroid disease it is obvious that it will take time to see results. But if a patient approaches any Homeopathy doctor as soon as he is Diagnosed with the problem, results are very quick.
Also Homeopathy treats from internally, so outside you may not be able to see any visible changes but internally changes would have started to occur.
Myth 3- Homeopathy medications contain steroid
Fact- We have around more than 1000 medicines in Homeopathy and not a single medicine has steroid. There is a separate medicine which is derived from cortisone Hormone but that also cannot be called a steroid.
Myth 4- Homeopathy is only a placebo effect.
Fact- Homeopathy is not a placebo effect. Unlike the modern system of medicine where medicines are first proved on lower animals ,All homeopathy medicines have been scientifically proved on Healthy human beings of all age groups, of different constitutions, on both sexes.
Myth 5 - Thyroid diseases cannot be cured
Fact- it can be cured.
Myth 6- Thyroid problems comes only for adults
Fact- Thyroid problems are commonly seen in adults but due to our lifestyle and food habits it has been increasing even in children and young adults.
How does it affect our body?
What does Thyroid do in our body ?.
The T4, or rather the T3 derived from it, and the T3 secreted directly by the thyroid gland influence the metabolism of your body cells. In other words, it regulates the speed with which your body cells work. If too much of the thyroid hormones are secreted, the body cells work faster than normal, and you have hyperthyroidism. If you become hyperthyroid because of too much secretion of the hormones from the thyroid gland, the increased activity of your body cells or body organs may lead, for example, to a quickening of your heart rate or increased activity of your intestine so that you have frequent bowel motions or even diarrhea.
On the other hand if too little of the thyroid hormones are produced (known as hypothyroidism), the cells and organs of your body slow down. If you become hypothyroid, your heart rate, for example, may be slower than normal and your intestines work sluggishly, so you become constipated.
So basically the thyroid gland is responsible for all the activities right from your sleep, appetite, your mood swings, you thinking , everything.
Few pros and cons of different system of medicine are listed below
Allopathy
Pros
Immediate effect
Easy to use
Cons
Lifelong medications
Side effects
Complications can arise
Superficial treatment
Does not address the root cause.
Homeopathy
Pros
Address the root cause of the problem
No side effects
No need for lifelong medications
Improves and develops body immunity in general
Avoids further complications. And surgery.
Medicines can be easily taken, even by children
Cons
There are not many negatives actually.
Humor- Our doctor might ask you a lot of questions initially and you may have to spend quite some time with them ;)
You must be wondering why is it not famous if there are so many positives? Usually people opt for a quick fix. It is human nature to solve the problem quickly but not permanently. Since allopathy medications give really quick results, it over shadows the complications it brings along with it.
Below are the reports of our multiple patients whose TSH came back to normal in just a couple of months after starting the treatment
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