Saturday, October 25, 2014

San Jose Thyroid Doctor Helps Get Rid Of That "run Down" Feeling

By Elke Hermann


Perhaps you have almost no energy most days and it is almost impossible to drag yourself out of bed. This can make life extremely difficult, especially if you have a family to take care of. Your problems could be a thyroid gland that is under-active (hypothyroidism) and a San Jose thyroid doctor that practices functional or natural medicine, may be able to help you.

If you believe that your tiredness is hypothyroidism, you could pay a visit to your doctor. Many physicians rely on specific blood tests to see if everything is OK. However, these tests do not always point to hypothyroidism. In fact, you could be given medication or therapy that does not help much with the problem.

Hypothyroidism may be a result of an immune system problem. In fact, autoimmune disorder is a major cause. An autoimmune condition means that the body's defense system sees certain body parts as threats and attacks them. Normal therapy is to depress or slow down the immune response, but this comes with a high cost.

Once your body's defenses are weakened, symptoms associated with autoimmune disorders may improve greatly. However, a weakened immune system leaves the door open for other invading organisms to enter the body. In some cases, a simple cold can turn into pneumonia.

Many health problems are a result of toxins within the body that make you ill. Some conditions develop slowly inside the digestive system and gradually build up to create illness. In time, waste sits in the digestive tract and can literally rot. This attracts the wrong kind of bacteria and can completely disrupt the natural balance of good bacteria and yeast organisms in your gut.

If your thyroid is under-active your doctor may prescribe medication to stimulate it. However, the reason for the problem may lie elsewhere in the body, and this can make it difficult to get better. With the help of your holistic doctor, these problems are taken care of naturally and effectively, by directing therapy towards the cause of the disorder and not just the symptoms.




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