Thyroid Disease 101: What Moms Need to Know. Dr.Guttler comments on this good article for females that just delivered a baby.. 1. Postpartum symptoms are indeed normal, but they can also mask an thyroid disease. 2. 5-10% of postpartum women...
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Hypothyroidism 101: What a Rwanda Military Resident Physician Has to Say. DR.G’s Comments: Dr.Shyaka give a nice report on hypothyroidism. However,it is very incomplete and fails to mention all the related problems. Autoimmune...
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Thyroid 101: Thyroid Tests before Treating Dementia. DR. Guttler’s comments: 1.Hypothyroidism is a treatable form of dementia. 2. TSH should be done on all dementia patients before therapy with anti-dementia drugs. 3. 262,279 patients newly...
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Thyroid Disease 101: Breast Cancer Risk Factors. Dr. Guttler’s comments They occur together but does not mean one causes the other. Iodine trapping systems in both thyroid and breast tissue has been one possible link. Radioiodine treatment...
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Hypothyroid 101: Milk Ingestion Decreases Absorption of Your Thyroid Medication. Dr.Guttler’s Comments: 1. Many foods and medications, including calcium supplements, can interfere with thyroid pill absorption. 2. Cow’s milk, a common...
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Thyroid Disease 101: Hepatitis C Patients: Dr. Guttler’s Comments: Diabetes and thyroid are common in Hep C patients. Autoimmune link with the Hepatitis virus. 2833 (21.1%)/13,402 Hep C patients had hypothyroidism. 466, 3.5%/ Hep C...
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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis after before and treatment. Graves Disease DR.Guttler’s Comments on this article 1.We have know for a long while that increased risk of differentiated thyroid cancer, including regional/distant disease...
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Subclinical Hypothyroidism SCH 101: Does it Cause Depression? Probably Not! KIm J. et al JCEM May 2018 103(5) 1827-1833 Samuels M. JCEM May 2018 103(5) 2061-64 Dr. Guttler’s comments on these two articles. Kim’s first SCH and...
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Patient Education Site Being Blackmailed for Use of Pictures on the Thyroid Educational Website. Please send letters in support of your thyroid educational blog and website to the suits hired guns of PicRight LTD. Wow, the number one...
More info Therapy 101: Don’t Drink Milk with Your Thyroid Hormone. Thyroid 28(4)2018 p.454 Chon DA et al Peak T4 levels were lower when T4 was taken with 12 oz of 2 % cow’s milk. Calcium in milk is the problem.
More info Thyroid 101: Can Thyroid Disease Make You Crazy? Comments by Dr. Guttler: After 43 years treating only thyroid patients I can tell you that mental illness haunts thyroid patients especially if they are not adequately treated and if they have...
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What is the best treatment for hypothyroidism? Comments by DR.Guttler While the majority of clinical thyroidologists still consider LT4 as then treatment of choice for hypothyroidism, the patients who are unhappy with LT4 therapy were the...
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