The Condition"...Diagnosis Diagnosis is made by the finding of a painless, smooth, firm goiter in a young woman, with positive levels of anti-thyroid hormones and a euthyroid (normal thyroid) or hypothyroid metabolic status..."
Recommendation DHEA"Some doctors report finding that a high percentage of patients with autoimmune disorders, such as thyroiditis, are also deficient in DHEA, and should be tested..."
The Condition"...The gland affected by thyroiditis tends to lose its ability to store iodine and is inefficient in making thyroid hormone..."
The Condition"...abnormality in the immune system, which in many patients somehow allows autoimmunity to develop against thyroid tissues as well as other tissues, including those of the stomach, adrenal glands and ovaries..."
Recommendation Hydrochloric Acid (Trial)"Some doctors report that 50% of patients with autoimmune disease are also hypochlorhydric (have low stomach acid)..."
Recommendation Selenium"Three months of supplementation with 200mcg selenium daily reduced thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAb) but had no effect on Tg antibodies (TgAb) in a well-controlled study of 70 women with autoimmune thyroiditis..."
a chronic inflammation of the thyroid which appears to be a result of the body mistakenly identifying the thyroid as "foreign" tissue and trying to "reject" it
Relationship to Megaloblastic Anemia / Pernicious Anemia" Pernicious anemia is more common in people who have other autoimmune diseases such as thyroiditis..."
Relationship to Gluten Sensitivity / Celiac Disease"In one study, 83 patients with autoimmune thyroid disorder were screened for celiac disease..."