Treating graves disease naturally

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Avatar f tn Looks like Graves' disease based on the significant elevation in T3 however to confirm this a TSI blood test or I-123 nuclear uptake would be required.
Avatar m tn I am treating my Hashimoto's naturally through diet - no gluten, dairy, yellow corn, soy, and low sugars, plus lots of lean organic protein and veggies. My thyroid swelling is gone. I am also taking thyroid hormone because by the time I discovered this diet, my thyroid was mostly dead. Read my journal for more. MacMillian Nelson avoided RAI and is feeling great by following the blood type diet. If you send him questions, he will be happy to share his story.
Avatar n tn Hello, I am not a dr. but my sister has graves disease and i have hypothyroid. we have both been on synthroid for about as long as you and neither of us have a missing thyroid. Did you and your dr talk about this? it is a bit unusual to me. maybe talking to the dr treating you would be your best option and also another sonogram in case of error. my dr did a external and internal ultrasound of my female organs. She informed me I had two perfectly fine falopian tubes.
Avatar n tn I have been going to an Endocrinologist for almost 1 year. He has done several ultrasounds showing that I have 5 tumors on my thyroid. I have a biopsy which showed they were benign. I recently had another ultrasound which showed one of the tumors had shrunk but another one appeared.
Avatar f tn My doctor won't diagnose me with graves disease but when reading message boards, people say anything over 2% is graves. If I have this, how can I cure it naturally? I can't take medication. TSI (Normal) 113 TSH 0.02 (Low) Range is (0.035 - 4.67) T3 Free 5.84 (high) Range is (1.45 - 3.48 ) T4 Free 2.00 (high) Range is (0.70 - 1.
Avatar n tn Can you have graves disease so bad that it would seem like bipolar and I thought Graves disease was an overactive thyroid, so how can you be hypro?
Avatar f tn M PCP told me i had graves disease and referred me to an endo. The endo said that all of my symptoms "were in my head and nothing was wrong". A few years go by and I see my PCP again and asked how I have been treating my thyroid problems and I said "I don't have one". He showed me the consult report from the Endo confirming my PCP diagnosis. My question is this, What am I to do now? I have lost about 20 lbs. when i only weighed 110 2years ago and hair loss.
Avatar m tn This is a patient to patient forum, not a doctor forum. What help do you need? Get the TSI tests for Graves disease to see if that is what is causing this. If not Graves, then a workup on the pituitary gland to make sure there is no pituitary issue causing this. A good endo should be able to help you with this. Make sure the endo specializes in thyroid, not just diabetes. My endo sees 75 percent thyroid patients. Make sure the endo is willing to test and treat FT4/FT3 levels.
Avatar n tn He was diagnosed with gastroparesis recently. He has a positive small bowel biopsy, intraepithial lymphocytosis. Graves disease runs in the family, paternal grandmother. Please help! He can't go to school and has to quit his beloved soccer. Thank you.
Avatar n tn I had the same thing, but I was tested for pituitary disease, and it came back negative. They are treating me for Graves Disease even though my T4 is not high. I must admit I am feeling much better. Hope you get a solution soon!
Avatar f tn I have a family history of hyperthyroid disease/ graves (my mum) and hypothyroidism ( my mums mum)- and 1 case of thyroid cancer (my dads grandmother) I myself have been diagnosed with a goitre diffuse with a nodule just under 2cm.
415098 tn?1214856836 I have been having really bad headaches always feeling light headed since january i have graves disease and they thought it could have been my thyroid causing the issue so i got it checked and my thyroid levels and everything are fine.my blood pressure started to be high in about march or april so they put me on blood pressure medicine and even when my levels are normal i still have horrible headaches and feel light headed all the time,does anyone have any advice.
877337 tn?1249844450 I can't say this is fact or not - but I did have these saved in my articles However I found this stuff out after I had RAI so I do not know any proof on it. Your asking about natural things to suppress - so this is the only thing I can offer you. If you have symptoms of Graves' disease, see a doctor and take the prescribed medication. Do not attempt self-treatment, even though it worked for the young woman whose story began this chapter.
Avatar f tn I would suggest that she seek help for the Graves Disease first if it is not under control. The effects of the disease will make a sane person crazy. It will do all sorts of things physically that will eventually effect them mentally.
Avatar f tn I do have a son already who was conceived naturally so we thought that helped our chances, although on the flip side I do have Graves disease (diagnosed after my son was born) and I am now 42. We increased my Synthroid once just when we transferred the embryos, and then again when I was still feeling bad (to 150 mg), but that was right before we got a negative test result.
Avatar n tn Graves is an autoimmune disease and unfortunately for life. Controlling whether they raise or suppress is key to beating the symptoms of the disease. If you are on Levo now - your labs must be abnormal and now lean towards hypoT levels. You would feel like cr@p right now with the swinging patterns you have been on. "Once Graves.... always Graves" is the saying here. But I am positive your endo or ???
Avatar f tn I took him to the doc because I felt he had some similar symptoms to those I had when I had Graves Disease (headaches, short temper, protruding eyes, hungry but weight loss). He also has extensive vitiligo (about 85%body surface) which I know increases the risk of thyroid disease. The doc has said to repeat the TSH in a month or so - I'm just wondering if he ought to have any other thyroid screening at the same time, particularly as blood tests are fairly traumatic for him.
Avatar n tn t any doctor spoken to you about Graves or Graves eye disease? Have the doctors just been letting your thyroid grow without treating you? Get to a good endocrinologist. Have they tested your TSI antibodies to determine Graves? What are 'slightly high' labs? The standards for diagnosing and treating thyroid disease are changing, but many hospitals still go by the old standards. I would not trust a regular doctor or ER doctors to your care.