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Yeah, I want to bring up some really underappreciated factors in the relationship to treating the thyroid, especially hypothyroidism, with Synthroid or some other synthetic hormones. You know, unfortunately, this is not a short-term treatment. It's a long-term treatment. And so, you're taking this hormone. Like, what are the side effects? Are there any side effects other than the total dependency on this hormone that you're taking?
But there's another side effect that I want to talk about that you probably are not aware of. When someone takes Synthroid over a period of time, especially if it's post-menopausal, there's a higher risk of getting bone loss or osteoporosis or even osteopenia. So, the question is, why and how that relates to maybe a better option?
So, this video mainly relates to those people who want to continue to do conventional care, they don't want to do alternative care, and or they're already on Synthroid. Okay, this is a really important video for those people. You know, a lot of times when you get hormone therapy, whether it's estrogen therapy or even thyroid therapy, you're given this one hormone. But I have an interesting question. If you're getting treatment for the thyroid, okay, with one hormone, and the thyroid produces more than one hormone, what's happening with these other hormones?
Or let's say, for example, you get a thyroidectomy, the complete thyroid removed, right? And then they treat it with one hormone, which is T4. So, what about the other hormones? What about T3? What about T2? What about T1? That's right. And what about calcitonin, right? Calcitonin is another hormone in your body, and guess what? It's produced by the thyroid gland. So, if you had your thyroid removed or you have hypothyroidism, what's happening with that hormone? Where is it coming from? And why isn't your doctor giving it to you?
Well, they might say, "Well, we don't really understand that hormone. It doesn't seem to be a problem." But let's just take a look at what it does, okay? So, you can understand that it does create problems if you're, if you're not taking it.
So, calcitonin has everything to do with regulating calcium. It works with another gland called the parathyroid hormone, produced by the parathyroid, which is connected to the thyroid. You have four of them, two in the top, two in the bottom. So, both the thyroid and the parathyroid work together to help balance mainly calcium, but also other things like phosphorus and even to a lesser degree, magnesium.
So, what calcitonin does is it inhibits the breakdown of bone. Okay? There's certain cells in the bone that are called osteoclasts, and they break down bone to release calcium into the bloodstream. Whereas the parathyroid hormone will increase calcium. It helps to mobilize calcium from the bone. So, you can see this teeter-totter effect between these two glands.
Well, what happens when you have your thyroid removed or your parathyroid removed, either one? And here's the problem. When they take out the thyroid, how do you preserve the parathyroid without damaging them? You must have to either leave some pieces in there, or sometimes maybe just remove the whole thing. I don't know. But these parathyroid glands are very delicate, and they're connected to the thyroid. So, many times when you remove one thing, the other is affected.
Anyhow, if you have your thyroid extracted or the parathyroid, you're now at risk for bone loss, okay? Whether it's osteopenia, osteoporosis. And now you know why, because you just removed the two key hormones that help regulate calcium.
Now, there's another kind of ignored syndrome that there's not a lot of information about, but it's called Hungry Bone Syndrome, where the bone just starts absorbing all this calcium, leaving the blood extremely low in calcium. And this occurs when you either have your thyroid removed or especially when you have your parathyroid removed.
So, now we have this other problem. We have low calcium in the blood. Okay, here are the symptoms, and you should just know this. If you have these symptoms, this could be why. You know, you just don't have enough of these hormones that regulate calcium. So, you might have numbness around the mouth or even in the extremities, hands and feet. Also, muscle spasms, tetany, twitching in your muscles, and various cramps, maybe that wake you up in the middle of the night. And you have certain bleeding or bruising because calcium is also involved in the clotting factors, and without enough calcium, it's hard to clot.
But also realize you might be low in phosphorus, which affects your energy and your ability to make ATP, which is the energy reserve in the body, as well as a lowered amount of magnesium. So, these are just things that you should know about going into surgery for your thyroid or if you have hypothyroidism and you're getting treated or you're on Synthroid.
They even have a treatment. It's giving someone calcitonin from salmon for osteoporosis. Too much calcium in the blood is called hypercalcemia, because calcitonin helps lower calcium. And it's even used as a treatment for spinal stenosis, which happens to be like a buildup of calcium in the spinal cord causing pain, things like that.
So, I think it's really important to understand that these glands make more than one hormone. And if you're going to get treated with Synthroid for some reason, I would bring up the argument for taking Armor Thyroid. It comes from a natural source, an animal source, but at least Armor has T4, T3, T2, T1, and calcitonin. It was what they used before they developed Synthroid. It might be more difficult for the doctor to regulate, but it contains all these hormones. So, why wouldn't you want to take that? Or at least maybe take both? I don't know. But you can work that out with your doctor.
But the point is, when someone says that, "Well, we don't do that anymore," you better have a good reason for it. Like, for example, "It's not going to create any problems." Well, show them the references down in the description of this video of the higher risk for getting osteoporosis. Maybe they're just not aware of it. I just wanted to put this information on your radar. And I think it's really relevant to talk about the deeper causes of the thyroid as well. And I put that information in this video right here.