From our sibling site NAH: updated 20/3 Are Thyroid Patients More Prone to Getting Sick?

[BadHare]

Are Thyroid Patients More Prone to Getting Sick? updated 20/3

Those with thyroid disease are familiar with its symptoms including inhibited cognitive function, fluctuations in weight, fatigue, and many others. One symptom that can easily be overlooked is reduced immune function.

There are multiple reasons why you may experience thyroid and immune malfunction but one that often goes unnoticed is Vitamin A deficiency.

Deficiencies and Thyroid Disease

In order to keep the body running at its best, it must be supplied with the appropriate vitamins, minerals, and nutrients. Unfortunately, those with thyroid disease are frequently deficient in multiple areas including vitamins D, E, K, and A. These vitamins all play important roles in maintaining various bodily functions.

Levels of Vitamin A in particular are negatively impacted by thyroid disease. This is unfortunate because this essential vitamin is a critical element of healthy immune function.

Poor thyroid function and Vitamin A deficiency are frequently seen among those with autoimmune conditions such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. In fact, many symptoms of Vitamin A deficiency and thyroid disorders overlap. This may be due to the fact that both conditions influence and promote the other.

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[joydot]

thanks badhare.

i like their lab test panel document, will print & take along. btw, my scottish gp is EXCELLENT - on mission to undue cornish harm. more tests/ scans / specialist appts than oncologist!!! endo in 2 weeks - saw one in 3 years in sw cornwall. struggling to get thyroid meds - thailand is out so need to convince new endo to write scrip for munich pharmacy. hope you are well, fending off the big v

[BadHare in reply to joydot]

Good luck with your endo, I hope they pay attention to the information! Good GPs are like hens' teeth so you're very lucky!

I'm quarantined after a few run ins with sneezing old dears who won't stay home. Downside of living in a place where old folks come to die, & seemingly hasten their demise.

Might catch up on reading as tidying is never going to happen.

Keep well!

[Treepie in reply to BadHare]

Not just old dears,a runner passed me yesterday and sneezed into his hand so no more walks for me apart from up and down the garden steps which I can only manage a few times.

[BadHare in reply to Treepie]

Polite words fail me: 😷🙇🏼‍♀️🙅🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤢 I can only hope it was early pollen & they were fit enough not to pass anything nasty on.

I had palpitations last night as I’m over medicated from inactivity. First time it’s happenened in natural hormones so hoping it doesn’t last too long now I’ve dropped my dose.