OVERACTIVE THYROID

We are not totally free from getting hyperthyroidism if we are not careful what we eat. There are foods that affect the good condition of the thyroid. The abnormality of the thyroid glands causes hyperthyroidism.  It is not a joke getting this disease, it may cost a life if we allow it not to give the necessary attention.

Once the thyroid in great distress, it seeks a right food to restore the balance that is missing and that food is the iodine-rich foods. We need to eat a balance diet, the healthful dietary requirements the body needs. If it will not meet what it required, some parts or organs of the body are affected and we have to begin repairing it when it is too late. We should not depend on eating foods that contains many harmful fats. We need to reduce the intake and make changes in our dietary habits.

The butterfly-shaped organ is located at the base of the neck below Adam’s Apple, the voice box responsible for our male voice in the airways.

A small goiter may not be painful but a bigger one is troublesome. Breathing and swallowing was difficult as it obstructed the airways. It leads us to cough as there was not enough air to pass through.

Aside from the absence of iodine in the body, the culprit is the overproduction of hormones in the thyroid glands or there was growing node on it.  The thyroid handled 2 kinds of hormones, the T3 (triiodothyronine and thyroxine. The circulatory system flowed with hormones for sole purpose of regulating the metabolism of the body.

 What the hormone did was controls the rate of carbohydrates and fat the body utilized. It regulates body temperature to normal level. It has effect on having normal heart rate. It assisted in the manufacture of protein the body. It controls the amount of calcium in the blood through the production of calcitonin-hormones.

Iodine acted as controller if the thyroid glands will shift to abnormality. With iodine, hormone production becomes normal. There will be no hormonal imbalance that will cause goiter.

Avoid or minimize eating vegetables like cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli. It has properties that worsened the existing iodine deficiency.

The immune system manufactured antibodies then erroneously attack the thyroid glands. It was under stress those producing more thyroxine for the thyroid to swell to abnormal size. This was called hyperthyroidism.

While hypothyroidism was in reverse, being a disorder in the auto- immune system instead of protecting it, it damages the thyroid to fail to produce more hormones. The pituitary gland has to produce more TSH (Thyroid stimulating hormones) to induce the thyroid to produce more hormones to balance what is lacking. But such action only causes the thyroid glands to enlarge.

Lack of hormones or with hormonal imbalance can be noticed if there is lack of strength (fatigue), sluggish movement, coarseness of the skin. There is edema and swelling.

Hyperthyroidism will cause irritability, increase heart rate (palpitation), considerable loss of weight, abnormality in regular bowel movement and heat tolerance. The common symptom is tightness in the throat, constant coughing, hoarseness, difficulty in swallowing the food, breathing problem and swelling at the base of the neck.

If the body has enough iodine, hyperthyroidism can be avoided. Include in your meals iodine-rich foods to keep the thyroid healthy.