(MUSIC) WEIGHT GAIN, FOGGY BRAIN,
FEELING COLD ALL THE TIME, AND FATIGUE, FEELING TIRED
NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU SLEEP.
ANY OF THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
WELL, MAYBE YOU EVEN BEEN TO THE DOCTOR AND YOU'VE GOT NO ANSWER
WHATSOEVER.
WELL, GUESS WHAT?
TODAY'S THE DAY YOU MIGHT FINALLY GET THOSE ANSWERS
BECAUSE IT'S TIME TO GET REAL ABOUT HYPOTHYROIDISM.
JOINING US IS A VERY PASSIONATE ADVOCATE
FOR HYPOTHYROID DISEASE AWARENESS
AND TREATMENT, DR.
DERRICK DESILVA.
GOOD MORNING DOCTOR.
GOOD MORNING.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
MY PLEASURE.
ALRIGHT, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT HYPOTHYROIDISM.
IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM AND I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS A HUGE
PROBLEM FOR WOMEN, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A HUGE PROBLEM FOR MEN
AS WELL.
ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY.
IT IS MORE COMMON IN WOMEN THAN IT IS IN MEN.
BUT IT IS A PROBLEM THAT I, I MEAN I HAVE
QUITE A FEW PATIENTS THAT ARE MEN THAT ARE ON THYROID
MEDICATION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, 25% OF THE U.S. POPULATION HAS AN
UNDERACTIVE THYROID.
ONE IN EIGHT WOMEN WILL DEVELOP AN
UNDERACTIVE THYROID, BUT THE PROBLEM HERE IS, IS THAT A LOT
OF THESE PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW IT.
SO LET'S GO INTO MEDICINE 101 HERE, OK?
THYROID - WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT?
WELL, I CALL THYROID THE MASTER HORMONE.
IT REALLY IS THE HORMONE THAT
CONTROLS THE ADRENALS, THE PETUITARY, THE OVARIES IN WOMEN.
ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE CONTROLLED BY THE THYROID.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOUR CHOLESTEROL IS CONTROLLED BY
YOUR THYROID.
YOUR HEART RYTHUM, HOW YOUR HEART BEATS, IS
CONTROLLED BY YOUR THYROID.
SO, IF YOUR THYROID IS UNDERACTIVE,
ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO COME INTO PLAY.
BUT I CALL IT, ONCE AGAIN, THE MASTER HORMONE.
NOW, WHY IS HYPOTHYROID DISEASE SO HARD TO DIAGNOSE?
WELL, I THINK THE REASON IT'S SO HARD TO
DIAGNOSE IS BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT TESTING THAT WE DID
60 YEARS AGO.
YOU KNOW, AND I TELL MY PATIENTS THIS ALL THE
TIME.
IS, IF YOU TOOK YOUR CAR TO A MECHANIC IN THE 1960'S,
WHAT DID THEY DO?
THEY OPENED UP THE HOOD; THEY CHECKED THE
BELTS; THEY LOOKED IN; THEY PUT A LITTLE BIT OF STUFF IN THE
RADIATOR.
BUT THAT WAS ABOUT IT.
WELL, WHAT HAPPENS TODAY?
TODAY WHAT HAPPENS IS - YOU TAKE YOUR
CAR IN AND THE FIRST THING THEY DO - YEH THEY OPEN UP THE HOOD.
THEY MAY NOT EVEN NEED TO OPEN UP THE HOOD.
PLUG IT INTO A COMPUTER.
SO, THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE TESTING IS VERY DIFFERENT.
AND THE TECHNOLOGY AND TESTING WITH THYROID PROBLEMS, AND
THYROID DISEASE, HAS EVOLVED, AND HAS EVOLVED GREATLY.
WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT.
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME SYMPTOMS.
CAUSE I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE - AND
IT'S HAPPENED IN MY FAMILY TOO, YOU KNOW.
I'M GAINING WEIGHT, I DON'T KNOW WHY.
THAT'S A HUGE ONE, ISN'T IT?
YES YES.
OK, WEAKNESS IS HUGE TOO.
YES, FATIGUE.
WHAT ELSE?
WHAT OTHER SYMPTOMS DO WE NEED TO LOOK OUT
FOR?
WELL, ABSOLUTELY, WEIGHT GAIN.
ABSOLUTELY FATIGUE, AND TYPICALLY WHAT MY PATIENTS WILL
COME IN AND SAY: DR.
DESILVA, I'M GOING TO THE GYM; I'M
EATING; I'M EXERCISING; I'M DOING EVERYTHING, WHY AM I
GAINING WEIGHT?
AND, I SAY TO THEM: WELL IT COULD BE YOUR
THYROID; IT COULD BE YOUR HORMONES.
REMEMBER ONCE I SAID THAT THE THYROID ALSO CONTROLS
THE OVARIES AND THE ADRENALS.
SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, WE'VE GOT FATIGUE;
WE'VE GOT WEIGHT GAIN; WE'VE GOT CONSTIPATION; WE'VE GOT CHANGES
IN BOWELS.
THE FINGERS; YOU'RE ALWAYS COLD NO MATTER WHAT YOU
DO; NO MATTER HOW MUCH, HOW MANY SWEATERS YOU PUT ON, YOU'RE
ALWAYS COLD; HAIR LOSS.
REALLY?
BUT NOT ONLY HAIR LOSS ON THE SCALP, HAIR LOSS AT THE ENDS OF
THE EYEBROWS; HAIR LOSS OF YOUR LASHES, YOUR EYELASHES.
THAT IS A VERY COMMON SYMPTOM THAT
PEOPLE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO.
AND ALSO, JOINT ACHES, BODY ACHES.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS TOGETHER IS LIKELY AN
UNDERACTIVE THYROID.
AND DOCTOR IF SOMEONE IS PROPERLY DIAGNOSED
AND THEY NOW KNOW, HOW DO WE FIX THIS?
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION, NATURE-THROID WP THYROID, IS
WHAT I USE, IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
IT'S WHAT I USE IN MY PRACTICE.
I'VE BEEN USING IT FOR YEARS.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
WHAT IT DOES IS THAT IT GIVES THE BODY
THE THYROID HORMONE IT NEEDS.
SO, A LOT OF THE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS THAT YOU TAKE TODAY
IS T-4.
THE BODY'S GOTTA CONVERT THAT T-4 TO T-3.
BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT CONVERSION YOU NEED
CERTAIN THINGS IN THERE: IODINE, YOU NEED SELENIUM, YOU MAY NEED
A LITTLE BIT OF ZINC.
DOESN'T IT MAKE SENSE THAT IF THE ACTIVE
FORM OF THYROID IS T-3, THAT I SHOULD GIVE YOU T-3?
ABSOLUTELY.
WHY PUT YOUR BODY THRU ALL OF THAT STRESS THAT IT DOESN'T NEED
TO DO?
AND NATURE-THROID DOES THAT.
AND NATURE-THROID DOES IT AND THE WP THYROID DOES THAT.
ALRIGHT, SO RECAP QUICKLY HERE.
SO, LET'S SAY SOMEONE SAYS: OK, I HAVE THESE SYMPTOMS; I'VE GOT
TO GET THEM CHECKED OUT.
ARE DOCTORS AWARE OF THIS OR ARE WE
BECOMING A LITTLE BETTER AWARE?
I THINK THE DOCTORS ARE BEING BECOMING MORE AWARE OF IT.
OK.
YOU KNOW, WE DO THESE CONFERENCES; I DO A LOT OF
TEACHING; I DO A LOT OF SPEAKING AND LECTURING.
AND WE EDUCATE PHYSICIANS IN THIS.
THESE ARE NEWER TECHNOLOGIES.
WE'VE GOTTA LOOK AT THE RIGHT TEST.
THE FREE T-3, THE REVERSE T-3, THE FREE
T-4.
WE'VE GOTTA LOOK AT THE RIGHT THING.
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS,
AND YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE RIGHT THINGS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET
THE RIGHT ANSWERS.
SO, ALL OF THIS TOGETHER IS WHAT WE DO, AND
YES, DOCTORS ARE BECOMING MORE AWARE.
AND PEOPLE ARE BECOMING MORE AWARE BECAUSE OF PEOPLE
LIKE YOU TODAY, TELLING US WHAT WE NEED TO DO IF WE FEEL THAT WE
ARE FACING THIS DISEASE.
PEOPLE HAVE TO BECOME PROACTIVE.
IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH,
NOBODY ELSE IS GOING TO CARE ABOUT IT.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND THERE'S
PLENTY OF INFORMATION OUT THERE IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
AND WHAT'S THE WEBSITE SO WE CAN GET MORE
INFORMATION DOCTOR?
GETREALTHYROID.COM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
REALLY A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU.
MY PLEASURE.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN GO TO OUR
WEBSITE, THAT'S THEBALANCINGACT.COM OR CHECKOUT
THAT WEBSITE THAT THE DOCTOR JUST SAID, IT'S
GETREALTHYROID.COM.
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