Fibro... the medical community in some areas do need to catch up.....

[MaryF]

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/relate...

MaryF

[overnighthearingloss]

So we have a problem and the short term solution is to help aid people who are now experiencing difficulties. But the real solution is to stop adultering the food and water supplies with the various toxic substances that are causing an exponential growth in chronic ill health.

No surprise really that the increasing number of 'annecdotal' stories of people who have cured themselves of chronic ill health have embarked on various nutrutional approaches

[Tranquility1]

Thanks Mary! Great article.

[Frodo]

I told a friend with a long term diagnosis of 'fibromyalgia' that she should get her thyroid checked. It turned out she had thyroid cancer.

[GinaD]

Thanks for sharing! Before I went gluten free and postmenopausal my body temperature was usually a stunning 92 - 93F. Whenever a medical professional took my temp, they just would say "no fever" and move on. When I asked this or that nurse, or physician about my consistent low body temperature , my question was always dismissed -- either they asssumed the thermomater was inaccurate, or it had nothing to do with my visit, -- or something. But when I confronted this or that GP with the consistent low temps I was told that my home thermometer was not accurate --even if the readings from the temp just taken in their offfice were the same. In short -- nobody thought the low temp was important.

I never had any generalized pain symptoms of fibro, or the tender nodes. But at one point as I tried to determine if it was arthritis or a blood clot in my hip, one doctor (I left his practice) tried to convince me my arthritic hip could be likely due to neither of those, but to fibro. His raionale: "Most people with fibro have a first degree relative with a mental disorder. Your sister committed suicide in 2001, so . . . . thats why I think you have fibro. You have localized pain, you have autoimmune blood disorder, and you have a sister who had a mental disorder. You should get counseling.")

I will be eager to see if research builds on this doctor's findings. In my case, I strongly suspect that my maternal grandmother's family's proclivity for "female problems" means high estrogen levels, which can screw up the thyroid dependant hormone balance.

No, I never did have most of those fibro symptoms. But I did have a stunning low body temp. The only doc who took notice of this was the ER doc who treated my broken leg in 2012. He thought because I had fallen while hiking in the snow that I was a bit hypothermic and he ordered up hot blankets straight out of the dryer. I tried to tell him that a temp of 94 was actually a bit high for me, but he ignored me with "Nurse! Those blankets NOW!" (lThey were toasty and nice, so I didn't want to argue with his reasoning too much.)

Fascinating.