Swollen face ( parotid gland) and NDT?

[hendb]

Hello all!

I have been taking 1gr nature-thyroid for 15 days ( with beautiful increase of basal temperatures).

And all of the sudden canker sores appeared on my gum. Followed by a swelling of my cheek. Related to parotid/ salivary glands being swollen.

My naturopath says it’s a good thing. « This is an autoimmune reaction to longstanding hypothyroidism. «

I beleive it’s rather related to the iodine drops im also taking. Kind of detox...

Did it happen to one of you here?

[Kalicocat]

I would not be taking thyroid meds or iodine unless a blood test showed that I was low in thyroid hormones or iodine. Iodine supplementation can actually cause damage to the thyroid gland. I learned years ago that naturopaths can be very very dangerous to your health. They caused a number of health issues for me. They are all about charging you loads of money for each appointment and then making loads of money from selling you their supplements. Please do your research on iodine supplementation, and on taking thyroid hormones when you don't need it. I'm sorry to say this, but your naturopath sounds like a quack.

[Anthea55 in reply to Kalicocat]

I agree with you about naturopaths. I went to one for a short while. He looked at my list of supplements and said I should also be taking iodine and selenium. He got me to do a patch test for iodine which according to people here is unreliable. No test for selenium. Looking back at previous tests 3 or 4 years ago both of these were fine then.

Sorry, for me it's no supplementing without testing first.

[MichelleHarris]

I had to go for an U/S scan as I was so unwell and it showed damage to my parotid glands indicative of Sjogrens Syndrome. My NHS endo said the Levo had caused a Sjogrens flare x