...by being a part of the mitochondria’s respiratory chain, which produces the critical energy currency, adenosine triphosphate (ATP). In this case, copper
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...treated. After her death I learned that her long term endocrinologist had so mismanaged her thyroid treatment following its removal that the
More...chronic fatigue and untreatable Hashimoto’s thyroiditis were my chief complaints. Past doctors prescribed high dose thyroid medication, which made me feel worse.
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...is reversible Julie by forcing cell regeneration since it is the mitochondria that was damaged by quinolones. Forcing cell regeneration (stem cells
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...just destroy the thyroid and take hormone replacement pills for the rest of my life. I didn’t have a medical degree, but
More...regard to the thyroid gland and its production/regulation of thyroid hormones, there is a tightly reciprocal relationship between thyroid function and mitochondrial
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...would like my life back! Early Thyroid Problems I take levothyroxine because my thyroid was low about 20 years ago. They did
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...of the importance of recognizing fatigue and the constellation of other clinical signs that manifest concurrently in thyroid disease. Here we see
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