TSI antibodies - a couple things

[Guest guest]

Antibodies can't be 'reversed' but they can be 'reduced'. The damage they cause

is already

done and although the thyroid gland can heal, it is the slowest growing organ in

the body. I

read (as I recall) that it takes thirty some years for the thyroid to fully

regenerate itself.

Compare this to liver cells, which I think regenerate every four months. This is

why a liver

lobe can be transplanted and grow into a fully functioning liver quite quickly.

The issue with antibodies is that there is no consistently effective treatment

that will reduce

them, although block and replace protocol for Graves Disease has shown a nearly

70%

remission rate in some studies. Iodine deficiency is highly correlated with

remission, which is

why people with Graves (high TSI and hyperthyroidism) avoid iodine. Iodine is

also a known

trigger for TSI. Its a paradoxical relationship, because intuitively we know it

doesn't make

sense to keep someone deficient in an element they need, but perhaps the trick

is reducing

antibodies to accepted levels of remission (less than 2%) and then adding

iodine.

TSI is present in approximately 50% of people who are hypothyroid. Most hypo

folks aren't

tested for TSI, so they are usually not aware they have them.

[Guest guest]

I don't know if " reversed " is the right word, but they CAN disappear

IF the cause is gluten. No one knows at this point what the " trigger "

is for the other people, but the fact they've found one reversable

trigger is intriguing. And it also means that for some people,

thyroid disease is easily avoidable.

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http://jccglutenfree.googlepages.com/autoimmunethyroiddisease

Moreover, untreated patients with celiac disease have been found to

have a higher than expected prevalence of organ-specific

autoantibodies. In a prospective study of 90 patients with celiac

disease, we found that the prevalence of diabetes and thyroid-related

serum antibodies was 11.1% and 14.4%, respectively. Like

antiendomysium autoantibodies, these organ-specific antibodies seem to

be gluten-dependent and tend to disappear during a gluten-free diet.

Gluten-dependent diabetes-related and thyroid-related autoantibodies

in patients with celiac disease. PMID: 10931424

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10461017?dopt=Abstract

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10401714?dopt=Abstract

On Feb 17, 2008 6:57 AM, cathyedens <cathyedens@...> wrote:

> Antibodies can't be 'reversed' but they can be 'reduced'. The damage they

cause is already

> done and although the thyroid gland can heal, it is the slowest growing organ

in the body. I

> read (as I recall) that it takes thirty some years for the thyroid to fully

regenerate itself.

> Compare this to liver cells, which I think regenerate every four months. This

is why a liver

> lobe can be transplanted and grow into a fully functioning liver quite

quickly.

>

[Guest guest]

I think this is the allopathic spin on hyperthyroidism and totally untrue! This kind of thinking keeps us sick. I say this as someone who has been hypo/hyper ad infinitum, only have half a thyroid gland, and now take 100mg Iodoral per day.

Gracia

Antibodies can't be 'reversed' but they can be 'reduced'. The damage they cause is already done and although the thyroid gland can heal, it is the slowest growing organ in the body. I read (as I recall) that it takes thirty some years for the thyroid to fully regenerate itself. Compare this to liver cells, which I think regenerate every four months. This is why a liver lobe can be transplanted and grow into a fully functioning liver quite quickly.The issue with antibodies is that there is no consistently effective treatment that will reduce them, although block and replace protocol for Graves Disease has shown a nearly 70% remission rate in some studies. Iodine deficiency is highly correlated with remission, which is why people with Graves (high TSI and hyperthyroidism) avoid iodine. Iodine is also a known trigger for TSI. Its a paradoxical relationship, because intuitively we know it doesn't make sense to keep someone deficient in an element they need, but perhaps the trick is reducing antibodies to accepted levels of remission (less than 2%) and then adding iodine. TSI is present in approximately 50% of people who are hypothyroid. Most hypo folks aren't tested for TSI, so they are usually not aware they have them.

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[Guest guest]

It is not 'thinking' that I'm talking about here. These are findings from highly

respected

and rigorously conducted research studies not conducted in the US, and also not

really

accepted in the among the U.S. allopathic community. If they were, there would

be a lot

more people in remission rather than permanently hypothyroid after Graves

disease.

What keeps people sick is lack of solid research demonstrating the efficacy of

various

alternate approaches. Coining the very little research that has delivered

effective

treatments as 'allopathic spin' might deter someone from exploring something

that could

help them. If you can provide evidence of untruth aside from your own

experience, I'm

open to consider it though.

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>

> I think this is the allopathic spin on hyperthyroidism and totally untrue!

This kind of

thinking keeps us sick. I say this as someone who has been hypo/hyper ad

infinitum,

only have half a thyroid gland, and now take 100mg Iodoral per day.

> Gracia

>

> Antibodies can't be 'reversed' but they can be 'reduced'. The damage they

cause is

already

> done and although the thyroid gland can heal, it is the slowest growing

organ in the

body. I

> read (as I recall) that it takes thirty some years for the thyroid to fully

regenerate itself.

> Compare this to liver cells, which I think regenerate every four months.

This is why a

liver

> lobe can be transplanted and grow into a fully functioning liver quite

quickly.

>

> The issue with antibodies is that there is no consistently effective

treatment that will

reduce

> them, although block and replace protocol for Graves Disease has shown a

nearly 70%

> remission rate in some studies. Iodine deficiency is highly correlated with

remission,

which is

> why people with Graves (high TSI and hyperthyroidism) avoid iodine. Iodine

is also a

known

> trigger for TSI. Its a paradoxical relationship, because intuitively we know

it doesn't

make

> sense to keep someone deficient in an element they need, but perhaps the

trick is

reducing

> antibodies to accepted levels of remission (less than 2%) and then adding

iodine.

>

> TSI is present in approximately 50% of people who are hypothyroid. Most hypo

folks

aren't

> tested for TSI, so they are usually not aware they have them.

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