Widening Medical Considerations

[Guest guest]

I believe that the dignostic of " nonspecific symptoms " (ATA critique

of 's Syndrome) and " functinoal somatoform disorders "

(Professor Weetmand, when he was president of the BTA) is meant to

terminate medical investigation of your symptoms. This diagnostic

is improper if there are physicial possibilities known to medical

science. (As noted by Sharpe, et al.) This diagnostic violates the

concepts of valid and informed consent and, at least in the US, is

unlawful via court ruling.

I have been " treated " to the " nonspecific symptom " terminator, but

later it was found that my testosterone level was about 10% of

normal. Further, in the ubiquitous lack of precision in language,

this hormone is known as a sex hormone. Indeed, that is its primary

function. However, hormones are not like rifle shots, they are more

like shotgun blasts and have wide ranging effects. Some of the

symptoms of these effects for testosterone are the symptoms of

hypothyroidism.

An Aussie doc never treated his patients with remaining symptoms

after a levothyroxine sodium therapy with T3. He used an adrenal

stimulant. But medical science, although ignored by medical

practice, also knows that T3 can be required by deficiencies in the

post-thyroid realm where T3 is the dominant actor.

So in this short piece, three hormones other than thyroxine (T4)

have been identified. Has your physician made any attempt to check

andy of them or any others? Probably not. (Doctors are taught to

not think very much, just react as they have been trained.) Quite

unlike the differential diagnostics for hypothermia, the

differential diagnostics for hypothyroidism are aimed specifically

at the thyroid gland and the thyroid gland only. They are not aimed

at serving the patient whatever the symptoms of hypothyroidism may

be indicating.

I bring up the differential diagnostics for hypothermia because

those with continuing symptoms of hypothyroidism after a finding of

normal thyroid lab tests (with or without levothyroxine) often have

low basal temperatures. Mine approaches hypothermia. But medicine

discounts low body temperature. But in the differential diagnostics

for hypothermia are (1) hypothyroidism [and potentially its post-

thyroid mimics], (2) hypopituitarism, (2) hypoadrenalism, (3)

hypometabolism, (4) reactions to drugs, (5) exposure to cold, etc.

This sort of information should be in hypothyroidism guidelines as

well. But it is not. Rather, the American Thyroid Association and

the British Thyroid Association would rather halt the medical

investigation and service to the patient before it became afield of

hypothyroidism and its levothyroxine sodium therapy.

Aside from the patient abusing nature of the universally limited

differential diagnostic in the many hypothyroidism guidelines,

the " nonspecific symptoms " and/or " functional somatoform disorder "

diagnostic is not properly supported logically or scientifically and

certainly is not proper unless all physicial possibilities known to

medical science (not just medical practice) have been eliminated.

Consequently, I believe that all thyroid activists should plot a

course to require substantial proof of this diagnostic because valid

or informed consent requires it. And as patients, we should no

longer accept such a diagnosis, unless the examination and testing

has been quite thorough. The physician's insistence upon this

diagnosis without a thorough examination beyond the quite limited

hypothroidism tests (which may only be TSH) should prompt a change

in physicians and a complaint to the authorities.