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How Do My Feelings Affect My Thyroid? – part 4
Clues From Our Thyroid – part 1
Two key reasons:
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Innocent until proven guilty. It’s estimated that perhaps 18-25% of women have an underlying thyroid disorder (It’s somewhat less common in men). This still means that 75-82% of us (women, for statistical ease) do not. Become well acquainted with your body so that you may better decipher the clues you are being given, and remember that there are many possible causes for almost every clue the body gives. Cluster clues for the win!
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Thyroid disease is overwhelmingly mistaken and/or overlooked in favor of other disorders (often mental health related) by the corporate owned medical community. Thyroid diagnosis often requires intuition (Holy Spirit discernment), patience, persistence, and attention to details. If you feel “off”, and yet your doctor tell you “everything looks good”…. Who do you believe? I hope you pointed a finger back at yourself just now. You believe what you know about your body and your refined detective skills!
Function of the Thyroid
Symptoms of thyroid deficiency might include:
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Chronic fatigue or tiredness.
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Muscular fatigue
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Puffiness or evidence of fluid retention
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Difficulty regulating body temperature (chronic feelings of being hot or cold. Recall the posts on body temperature)
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Development of Reynaud’s Syndrome
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Reduced pulse pressure and blood pressure
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Heart rate fluctuations
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Angina and/or feelings of breathlessness
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Higher cholesterol. People with subclinical hypothyroidism often have higher levels of LDL cholesterol. Thyroid disease is a major contributor to cholesterol problems.
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Arteriosclerosis (decreased elasticity of arteries)
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Changes in bruising or clotting (generally, bruising will become more common)
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Depression and/or anxiousness
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Difficulty gathering thoughts, memory, focus and concentration
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Headaches with unknown origin
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Moodiness or lack of enthusiasm in life
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Peripheral neuropathy
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Carpal tunnel (there is a strong link!)
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Random shooting pains in the hands and feet
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Osteoporosis (chronic hypothyroidism can be a contributor)
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Visual problems: dry eyes, age related macular degeneration, primary open angle glaucoma
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Loss of the outer eyebrows
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Chronic constipation
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Increased incidence of gallstones (thyroid hormones affects the composition of bile and how well it flows)
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Poor digestion of fats and proteins
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Decreased stomach acid resulting in poorly digested foods (If this clue is on your radar, grab your YL Essentialzyme and give your body digestive support!)
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Bloating, gassy
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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
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Insulin resistance (and therefore) increased risk of developing Type II Diabetes
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Thicker tongue, perhaps even with scalloped teeth marks on the sides of the tongue.
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Changes in how food tastes.
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Periodontal disease
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Development of a husky or hoarse voice
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Infertility or difficulty maintaining a pregnancy
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Heavy periods (There is often a link between hypothyroidism and PCOS)
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Sex hormone imbalances (progesterone, estrogen and testosterone in women)
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Loss of libido
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Postpartum depression (very common)
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Premature menopause
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Dry skin
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Deep cracks and scales on the bottoms of the feet
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Deep lines on the palms of hands or soles of feet
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Yellowish orange or reddish color on palms of hands or soles of feet
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Reddish spots, bumps, or rashes that come and go
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Acne (often seen in conjunction with testosterone level disturbances)
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Brittle, flaking nails or nails that fail to grow well
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Hair loss (on the head) or gaining hair in all the wrong places elsewhere
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Getting sick more often, especially upper respiratory tract infections and in women, persistent urinary tract infections.
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Bedwetting in kiddos
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Delayed wound healing
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Gaining or losing weight without trying
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Poor sleep
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Iron deficiency anemia (roughly 50% of people with thyroid disease struggle with this)
The Curious Case of Covid and the Shrinking Brain
Long Covid. Have you heard of it? Maybe perhaps you’ve even experienced it yourself. Those who have experienced it appear to have a variety of symptoms. Headaches, disrupted concentration, anxiety, brain fog, longstanding smell or taste disturbances are common complaints. Occasionally, even psychosis is mentioned.
These brain changes are now physiologically accounted for according to a recent study in the journal, Nature. Inflammation of both the blood vessels and nervous system tissue are noted as probable culprits. I agree with that, but I also believe there are likely other factors involved. One of those factors is the micro-clotting that has been identified as a byproduct of a covid infection. Micro-clotting is an interesting creature and in my personal estimation, it is not getting nearly the attention that it should be getting.
Exchange of oxygen for carbon dioxide occurs at the capillary level. Likewise, the exchange of toxins for nutrients from the blood to tissue also occurs at the capillary level. Micro-clotting wouldn’t necessarily cause issue at the larger vessel level (arteries and veins), unless there was a snowball effect of the micro-clots.
My boots on the ground theory is this: If micro-clotting inhibits the mission of the capillaries (to exchange trash for treasure) in the body, what happens? That particular tissue will pay a price. Toxins will accumulate and starvation and slow asphyxia will occur….likely not enough to cause death, but certainly discomfort. As the body starts to feel the effects of this, the subconscious will probably notice first and anxiety will be ramped up, feeling like it’s coming from “nowhere”.
The longer tissue is starved and deprived, the more dramatic the long game. What happens when the body is deprived of what it needs? It shrinks. It comes as no surprise to me that the brain is affected. I’ve worked with several people who have had long covid symptoms, and in my personal experience, there are ways to alleviate and perhaps even reverse the problem.
- Reduce inflammation (as the article states)
- Open the blood vessels up a bit more with a mild herbal vasodilator
- Increase the blood’s ability to “slip” a little more easily within vessels
- Use natural gentle products to decrease the body’s hospitality to spike proteins.
- Do all of this on a daily basis.
If someone is already on certain medications, there are some contraindications, but overall, it’s a pretty safe method. As always too…… if you keep adding in toxins (commercial household cleaners, bodycare products, toxin laden makeup etc) in your daily grind and only try to fix things by adding things in, the response will be slower. The body doesn’t lie about its state of affairs.
xoxo~ liz