Thyroid connection & CFS

[Guest guest]

Shirley asked about the connection between

thyroid function and CFS. I spent over 25 years in the

medical field from a pharamaceutical sales

representative to Sr. Vice President of a medical

technonolgy company. Over those years I learned to go

behind the scenes as it were to find out as much as i

could about illness, diagnosis, treatments, etc ...

One of the most commonly mis-diagnosed and

under-diagnosed areas is thyroid function. If you

recall both Barbara & Bush developed Grave's

disease before doctors at Bethesda Naval Hospital had

a handle on their conditions. The thyroid is a very

diificult gland for most doctors to grasp fully. There

is a theory about sub-clinical HYPO-THYROIDISM ( low

thyroid function) called " Syndrome " ... most

doctors never heard of it or have a vague idea, and

even worse thinks it's garbage. Dr. 's view was

that blood tests for thyroid funtion is not a good

marker of determing whether it's working properly. He

used the simple under arm temperature measurement to

determine metabolic activity and symptoms exhibited by

his patients to confirm " SUB-CLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM " ,

meaning that the thyroid function was on the low end

of the normal range in typical blood tests so it

passes off as normal. was a firm believer in

adding T-3 ( active circulating usable thyroid), in

graduated doses to reach an ultimate therapeutic

range. This is not to support his claim nor intended

to suggest that thyroid problems are the true culprit

in every case of CFS. The point is however to very

thoroughly have your thyroid checked, using the

various tests for a number of thyroid components, T-4

by RIA, TSH and T-3, as examples. Ask your doctor if

she/he is familiar with Syndrome, if not look

it up and read about it for your own education, it

might help.

Reggie

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