Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness by Broda O. Barnes, M.D., Ph.D.

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Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness



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Table of Contents

A Personal Message to the Reader

The Many Faces of Thyroid Deficiency

• Sources of Neglect and Confusion
• Failing Tests
• A Simple Home Test
• Some Patients Who Have Responded
• More Patients
• But Is It Psychogenic? Must It be Mental Deterioration?
• Thyroid and the Heart
• The New Population

The Vital—and Errant—Gland

• The Thyroid
• The Extremes
• Milder Forms
• From Childhood On
• Why Is Hypothyroidism on the Rise?
• How Grequent Is Low Thyroid Function?

The Flaw in Diagnosis...and Overcoming It

• Tests and False Results
• The Search for Other Tests
• A Clue to a Simple Test
• Refining the Test
• Taking the Test
• A True Picture of Low Thyroid

The Thyroid and Fatigue

• The Repercussions of Fatigue
• Causes
• Anemia
• Another Factor

Migraine and Other Headaches

• Other Headaches

The Thyroid in Emotional and Behavioral Problems

• The First One Hundred
• Other Demonstrations
• Some Child Patients
• The Bright and Failing
• At Any Age
• A Confusion of Symptoms
• Never Too Late

Infectious Diseases: Why, For Some, So Many

• The Thyroid and Resistance
• Rheumatic Fever
• Ear and Other Infections

The Thyroid and the Skin

• The Thyroid and Skin Defenses
• Impetigo
• Cellulitis
• Erysipelas
• Acne
• The Thyroid and Skin Changes
• Effective Thyroid Therapy in Skin Problems
• The Thyroid and "Winter Itch"
• Relief for Eczema
• "Fish Skin"
• Lupus
• Psoriasis

Menstrual Disorders, Fertility Problems, and Avoiding Needless Surgery

• Even from the Start
• The Build-Up of Evidence
• Miscarriages
• Infertility
• Taxemia of Pregnancy
• D&C's and Hysterectomies
• "The Pill" and Thyroid Function
• The Heart of the Problem

The Hypertension Association

• The System
• The Stealth and the Damage
• The Causes
• The Link
• The Record and an Instructive Case
• More Experience

The Thyroid and Heart Attacks

• A Radical Change
• Saturated Fats and Cholesterol
• Other Changes
• Clues in the Graz Autopsies
• The Drop and the Rebound
• An Answer to the Mystery
• But Why the Young?
• The Matter of "Solid Bile"
• A Whirl of Confusion
• The Circumstantial Web
• A Personal Awakening
• The Plan
• The Protective Effect
• The Dropouts
• The Case Studie
• And More Needless Confusion
• Some More Rays of Light
• And More "Commedy of Errors"
• A Rational Approach

Arthritis

• Why Does It Happen?
• The Response in Arthritic Children
• Adult Arthritics
• The Test Confusion Again
• Cortisone and Other Corticosteroid Drugs
• The Combination
• Gouty Arthritis

The Thyroid, Diabetes, and Hypoglycemia

• The Sugar Problem
• The Complications Problem
• Another Study Overlooked
• Can It Harm?
• A Common Dilemma
• The Oral Antidiabetic Drug Controversy
• Links with the Thyroid
• Prediabetes
• Testing for Diabetes
• "Brittle" Diabetes
• Hypogkycemia
• The Heart of the Problem

The Thyroid, Lung Cancer, and Emphysema

• The Rise in Lung Cancer
• Is the Thyroid Involved?
• Emphysema

○ The Disease
○ The Role of Infections

The Thyroid and Obesity: The Real and Surprising Connections

• The Human Guinea Pigs
• Why They Ate
• Fats and Carbohydrates
• Added Evidence
• But Is It Safe?
• Starvation and Nonstarvation
• High Protein andThyroid Function
• A Natural Approach to Obesity

The Role of the Thyroid in Aging

• Where Degeneration Begins
• Never too Late

A Word about Thyroid Treatment

• At the Start
• When the Benefits Begin
• The Guide

Bibliography
Index