Re: Re:Re: One more OT - Does a thyroid problem affect digestive motility

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Kim,"My problem seems to be uptake –

my cells just don’t utilize what is available. "According to the book 'Stop the Thyroid Madness' one needs cortisol to get the T3 (active thyroid hormone) into the cells. If you have been 'coping' for a minimum of 6 years, I would say that your adrenal glands are very fatigued and probably not producing enough cortisol to do the job. Sky , in this group, was able to (she is in Australia and I am in Scotland) find a doctor in London that would seriously treat subclinical hypothyroidism and adrenal fatigue. I have just been to see him and we are doing all the tests that I figured we would based on the book. Maybe she can find a doctor in your city.AmeliaTo: BTVC-SCD Sent: Tue, March 16, 2010 1:01:37 PMSubject: Re:Re: One more OT - Does a thyroid problem affect digestive motility

Holly Thyroid

levels play an important role in digestive motility. Since my digestive

motility is now impaired, I’ve looked into the matter. I also am

dealing with low-thyroid (my basal body temp. is 96.3 and my average body temp.

is 97, rarely gets to 98) and have stayed at these levels for six years)

although all my tests show normal levels. My problem seems to be uptake –

my cells just don’t utilize what is available. I’m still

trying to find a doctor who can give me the thyroid uptake tests. I haven’t

been very successful with endocrinologists…. Anyway, being

hypothyroid can impact digestion, among other things. I

have a functional upper GI disorder, and it impairs digestive motility, among

other things. I do experience regular, cyclic slow-downs of digestion for

no apparent reason – in other words, nothing changes in my foods or my

environment. Sometimes I’ll get this after I’ve had my other

cyclic issue, what I call my neurological “crash†but sometimes not,

just comes out of the blue. I’ve talked with others who have the

same digestive disorder, and they also experience the same thing. Most of

them are also hypothyroid, by the way…. And

I’ve frequently been told by my doctors, usually also when I’m in

the hospital, that my digestion has stopped. They can’t hear any

bowel sounds, and get in a slight tizzy about that. I now treat this as

normal for me – if my body is coping with other things, then my digestive

system shuts down. Takes days to get it going again. Guess

this isn’t much help, as I haven’t yet found a solution. I

continue to try different things, but mostly I just cope with the problems. Kim M. SCD 6 years Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction 6+ years neurological & spinal deterioration 3+ years >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So

can being hypothyroid suddenly slow your motility to a crawl? I used to be

bothered by horrid constipation, but SCD fixed that. When I googled thyroid and

digestive motility, I found some very complicated medical journals that seemed

to suggest the possibility (hard to say for sure with all their scientific

jargon), and one said something about "pseudo-obstruction syndrome" (

http://www.ncbi. nlm.nih.gov/ pubmed/15788986

).