I am very concerned for my fiancé who seems to be aging in front of my eyes. He is always cold, his hair is falling out, he is gaunt, and his memory has diminished, he will be 60 in a few months.
I watched a video last night with Richard Vobes and Clive de Carle a Nutritionist, he talked about iodine which got me thinking.
youtube.com/watch?v=rsOPd-y...
Does anyone have an opinion on this please?
Hi Margo, i've collected a bunch of useful information on Iodine / thyroid here : healthunlocked.com/thyroidu... iodine-a-collection-of-useful-information-because-the-search-facility-on-health-unlocked-is-totally-pants
Thank you, will look at your information later.
Margo,
I haven’t watched your vid but will say supplementing iodine is great if deficiency is being addressed, but for many of us iodine isn’t the problem but an issue with thyroid antibodies.
And if you diagnose wrongly and add iodine to elevated antibodies, it risks driving further autoimmune issues. Can your partner get a thyroid test done?
Yes John is having a blood test done today, I don't know how useful it will be, but maybe a start. I seem to remember that iodine was good stuff in the right circumstances, but can aggravate a problem if it is something else.
I wish he could get an appointment with Clive de Carle, but he doesn't see people any more.
The video is a great watch, I was really mesmerised by the speaker so eloquent and interesting, best video I have seen for a long time. He mentions all the greats Dr Mercola, Patrick Holford and others...
Thank you Radd.
quick video review:
Two guys chatting on a zoom call .
"please buy my iodine drop's and my multivitamin tablets "
"if i advertise them to all my viewers ,will you give me a lifetimes supply for free"
"yes"
"you don't seem to know anything at all about autoimmune thyroid conditions or thyroid hormones , does that matter?"
" no"
* that's fine then ...... quick everybody, buy this iodine, my new mate here say's if you have dry skin and forget why you went into a room , you are probably iodine deficient"
I understand why you would say that, it did come across a bit like that. But you could say the same about the wonderful Dr Mercola and Patrick Holford. He has had some interesting results with the knowledge he has, and I would rather listen to him than any doctor or an 'expert' like Patrick Valance.
Hi Margo, these could all be symptoms of hypothyroidism, but im not sure about iodine as I know you need to be careful using it in relation to hypothyroidism. Have you looked at the information on Thyroid UK online? If not I would highly reccomend it. Also get your fiancee to see his GP and insist on blood tests. He would need need a full thyroid testing including T3 and T4. However GPs (and labs) are notorious for only testing TSH which is useless as it's a pituitary hormone and doesn't give a picture of what your thyroid is actually producing. If the GP won't do this, I would get tests done yourself. There is a list of these labs on Thyroid UK and many of them give discounts, so worth checking.
Agree with macangel - I would buy a full thyroid test from one of the labs listed on TUK - I use the Medichecks and buy one that tests antibodies as well as CRP and all the thyroid ones. I have found GP testing to be absolutely useless - they never ever tested my T3 even when I had Graves’ disease - they didn’t want to test vitamin D or B12. I used a home finger prick test but if your fiancé is squeamish or unwilling they can arrange for you to see a nurse who would do it. At least that would give you a good start.
Thank you so much, will see what the blood test this morning brings up, and then will buy a test.
Good luck with it all, I hope he feels better soon. It can be so difficult to get anywhere where the thyroid is concerned. So many of the symptoms are so vague, I know I got the run around for ages until my thyroid was so overactive and I became so ill that even the receptionist (she knew me from the school gate years ago) commented ‘Gosh you’ve lost a lot of weight haven’t you’ when she came in with the doctors morning coffee.
I’d say the receptionist’s diagnosis was better than several of the GPs is spoken with up until then. Fortunately the doctor I saw that day was on my case and within two days I’d had blood tests, had a prescription for carbimazole and an appointment with a consultant. I often wonder if the receptionists comment helped though.
Yes I agree, I have found it a nightmare for myself being without a thyroid for 20 years and walking the walk with various medications that didn't work.
has his thyroid been tested to see if he is underactive,I am almost same age and this happened less severely to me earlier this year. Turned out I was hypothyroid! Subclinical but everyone is different in how they react. I could t move, had no energy , wore six layer including thermals in a warm house and nails eyelashes and hair didn’t grow at all.
If youre unable to properly resolve yourselves, I suggest seeing a qualified Nutritional Therapist, either general or specialising in appropriate area eg men's health or endocrine system.
Yes I agree with you,
just waiting on the blood results, and then will take action.
Good strategy as NT woukd likely request the results. If you need links to NTs then, I can send lists from which you can select.As a male, I'm heartened that you're looking after your man's health. Good luck.
can you tell me where in the video the iodine is discussed? It’s a long video.
Iodine deficiency is uncommon in the Uk because we are on a small island, the soil contains iodine. There's somewhere in Pakistan where an enlarged goitre is common due to iodine deficiency, there was a photo in the thyroid book I bought when I was diagnosed.
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