Guest guest Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Either thyroid or diabetes (which we know has reached epidemic proportions). Miriam > Hi everyone - apparently there has been a huge rise in large babies. They are saying it is because Mothers are bigger - utter rubbish - big women have been having babies for years and don't necessarily have huge babies. My sister in law had a baby 14lbs 1 oz way back in the 1960's and she was a thyroid patient (eventually when she was diagnosed years later) it has something to do with the thyroid gland I have read on numerous occasions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Hi Miriam, I am convinced diabetes is due to low thyroid/low growth hormone and are one and the same issue. I was horrified when I found pictures on the net showing pictures of patients legs with pretibial Myxoedema – I suffered pre diagnosis with a leg condition - how many people are being diagnosed with diabetes with legs like this and blood tests to show diabetes but not taking into account the Myxoedema aspect of their lower leg condition – how many poor elderly patients are suffering with ulcers etc for the same reason it absolutely horrifies me the ignorance of the medical profession. I suffered with an awful leg condition which healed in hours once given thyroid meds. Best wishes M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 HI I weighed 10lb a birth, and have not had a healthy life. I am sure that this weight was due to the fact that my Mother could not provide enough thyroxine. My Mother was ill after I was born and I was born too heavy. I am also sure that the reason for the defect in my kidney was due to my Mother having Hypothyroidism. I also believe that early treatment of Hypothyroidism prevents further complications. My feelings are too that my Mother-in-Law who had diabetes, did in fact have a thyroid problem before Diabetes, as she was on the heavy side until diagnosed with Diabetes. Her legs too were in an aweful state and bound for years. At times they would take her in and put antibiotics in, but they soon became bad again. She had to have been in a lot of pain. She too like my sister had a stroke while in hospital. I also believe that my Sister who's weight went up after her third child, but her nose was put out of joint by GP's remarks on her weight. She was not even diagnosed with Diabetes until she had a stroke, but it was Paracetamol that caused her heart to stop and took her life. You can tell by a photo looking at her neck that she had Hypothyroidism, and she in turn always said that she had gland problems She used seaweed on any pain areas, so could there have been any Iodine in that seaweed. Kathleen > > Hi Miriam, > > > > I am convinced diabetes is due to low thyroid/low growth hormone and are one > and the same issue. > > > > I was horrified when I found pictures on the net showing pictures of > patients legs with pretibial Myxoedema - I suffered pre diagnosis with a leg > condition - how many people are being diagnosed with diabetes with legs > like this > > > Best wishes > > > > M > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Funny that this topic should come up!! Some 30 years ago my sister's daughter weighed in at 14 lb. 9 oz. and my sister suffers with pernicious aenemia (another autoimmune disease!!) Glynis They are saying it is because Mothers are bigger - utter rubbish - big women have been having babies for years and don't necessarily have huge babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 I was born in 1954 weighing 11 & 1/2 pounds. Admittedly my parents were both tall, mum was addicted to salted peanutes & I was 11 days overdue. She was unable to carry any more children to full term & suffered several miscarriages. Mum was never a well woman throughout her life - she was hospitalised in 1959 with a nervous breakdown. In her mid thirties she developed severe odema & was on water tablets for life, which never cured the oedema in her legs & feet completely. She had metabloic disorder (high bp, cholesterol & suger levels) & ended up insulin dependent diabetic, before her dealth in 2006 from a stroke. She also had osteoporosis & endometrial cancer. As far as I know her thyroid levels were never checked. Helene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Hello All, I an investigating the oedema related mucin, which creates the oedema. It seems that mucin grows under the skin when there is a shortage of T3. However, I don't know any of the details yet. To begin, Dr. Mark Starr demonstrates in his book Hypothyroidism Type 2, that skin on the outside of the upper arm should be pinch-able at less than a half inch thick. And that if it is about an inch, the there is a problem. Consequently, I believe that there is a connection. Any thoughts? Have a great day, > > Mum was never a well woman throughout her life - she was hospitalised in 1959 with a nervous breakdown. In her mid thirties she developed severe odema & was on water tablets for life, which never cured the oedema in her legs & feet completely. She had metabloic disorder (high bp, cholesterol & suger levels) & ended up insulin dependent diabetic, before her dealth in 2006 from a stroke. > Helene > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 - this has some very interesting and well referenced information, check it out http://drweyrich.weyrich.com/disorders/hypothyroid.html I an investigating the oedema related mucin, which creates the oedema. It seems that mucin grows under the skin when there is a shortage of T3. However, I don't know any of the details yet. To begin, Dr. Mark Starr demonstrates in his book Hypothyroidism Type 2, that skin on the outside of the upper arm should be pinch-able at less than a half inch thick. And that if it is about an inch, the there is a problem. Consequently, I believe that there is a connection. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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