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    Iodine

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    Iodine is essential on the new plant and this is why. Iodine is a key component of the hormones made in the thyroid gland. These hormones are absolutely critical to human health, helping to control energy production and utilization in nearly every cell of the body. David Brownstein explains in his books “Iodine: Why You Need It, Why You Can’t Live Without It”, how iodine is crucial in a person’s life by saying “My experience has shown that iodine in doses ranging from 6-50mg/day is adequate…

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    Cretinism: also known as congenital hypothyroidism effects about 1 in 4000 babies. Cretinism is a situation induced by an insufficiency of thyroid hormone at birth and during minority, as a ensue of abnormal evolution of the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland becomes unbalanced or defective often due to an iodine imperfection. If untreated, can result in mild to severe impairment of both physical and mental growth and development. Cretinism can also cause mental deterioration, swelling of the…

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    Hashimoto’s Disease is a disease where the thyroid is damaged by the person’s immune system. To define it, Hashimoto’s Disease is an “autoimmune lymphocytic infiltration of the thyroid gland closely associated with the presence of antithyroid autoantibodies and often resulting in chronic hypothyroidism.”(Brier, 2009) Due to the damages that occur, the thyroid is unable to function properly. My dad was recently diagnosed with this disease. Coping with Hashimoto’s Disease brings many lifestyle…

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    Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis is defined as an autoimmune disease (Bishay, 2016). The lymphocytes of the body attack the thyroid and affect the functioning of it. This is a life altering disease that can cause disastrous consequences to the Hashimoto’s patient (Kırmızıbekmez, 2014). This is a disease which affects body’s functionality, energy, sleeping, fatigue, metabolism and much more (Bishay, 2016). Hashimoto’s takes a toll on its victims and often they can fall into depressed and discouraged…

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    What Is Thyroxine?

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    Thyroxine is secreted into the bloodstream by the thyroid gland. It contains iodine and is a derivative of the amino acid tyrosine. The function of thyroxine is to control development, maturation and metabolism. Thyroid hormones are essential for physical and mental development. Tyrosine is the inactive form, and most of it is converted to an active formed called triiodothyronine. The production and release of thyroid hormones is controlled by a feedback loop system which involved the…

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    Thyroid Research Paper

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    If you have celiac disease from Hashimoto’s and are uncomfortable eating gluten you should probably leave it out of your diet completely. Foods can have negative effects on the thyroid There are not many that you have to avoid, but you will want to eat these in moderation to prevent any negative effects. You should limit foods that contain goitrogens to small amounts and make sure to cook them this will decrease their affects. Due to the goitrogens and their affects on the thyroid the…

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    The thyroid gland which is located on your neck is responsible for producing hormones in your body, but when the thyroid gland overproduces hormones it's called hypothyroidism. This can be hereditary or developed over time. For me this was passed down to me by my father who suffers from hypothyroidism which means the thyroid gland isn't producing enough hormones. I was 13 years old when I first diagnosed with hypothyroidism. After talking to my doctor I found out that many of my behaviors…

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    When a person has three thyroid nodules present, they are usually recommended to have a Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) with a guided ultrasound. Once the sample is collected and sent for testing a cytotechnologist and then a pathologist will interrupt the results. When I was doing my clinical rotations for my certificate in cytology I was told that thyroid FNAs were considered our “bread and butter”. Now, I didn’t realize what that meant at that time in my career, I just thought okay, this…

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    Acromegaly Research Paper

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    Acromegaly is a hormonal growth disorder caused by excess growth hormone that develops when your pituitary gland generates too much growth home during your adulthood. This growth hormone (GH) is released by the pituitary gland, leading to a surplus of growth. The most common symptom of Acromegaly is the enlargement of hands and feet, but it may also include the enlargement of the forehead, jaw, and the nose as well. When GH is released at a moderate and constant level, it grants normal and…

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    One medical condition affecting the client is hyperthyroidism. The pathology of hyperthyroidism changed my patient’s pregnancy because the mother’s medical condition might pass onto the child through the placenta with decreased TSH and increased T3 and T4 concentrations (Chiasera, 2013, para. 9). Hyperthyroidism during pregnancy can lead to many health illnesses that include: intrauterine growth restriction, preterm birth, low birth weight, spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, preeclampsia, and…

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