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Thyroid gland

Total Thyroid Screen

The thyroid is the body’s metabolic thermostat controlling body temperature, energy use, growth rate, and affecting the operation of all bodily processes and organs.  

The thyroid is a small butterfly shaped gland that sits in the throat on the vocal cords just under the Adam’s apple. This small gland has an incredible amount of responsibility – it affects every cell in the body, regulating cell metabolism. Like a thermostat the body needs a constant regulation of heat to perform its functions. How cells function depends on how warm or cold they are. When the thyroid is under active it doesn’t produce enough active hormones, so the body's systems become inert. As the thyroid regulates the burning of calories body weight tends to increase as thyroid function decreases.  

Hyperthyroidism occurs when excessive levels of hormones being secreted resulting in symptoms ranging from weight loss to palpitations, anxiety to diarrhoea.

What are the causes?

• Family History
• Yoyo dieter
• High stress levels
• Low calorie & nutrient deficient diets
• Hormonal events (puberty, childbirth, menopause)
• Vegetarianism
• High Soya intake 
• Physical injury  
• Excessive production of inactive thyroid hormone reverse T3 (rT3).

Common symptoms and risk factors are:

Hypothyroid:

• Uncomfortably heavy during or since childhood
• Quiet and shy child
• Weight gain after first period, pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, menopause or starvation diets
• Low energy, fatigue, lethargy, need lots of sleep (8 hours or more) and slow to get going in the morning
• Tendency to feel cold especially in hands and feet
• Tendency to significant weight gain and difficulty in losing weight
• Depression
• Low blood pressure and heart rate and high cholesterol levels
• Menopausal problems including severe cramping, early and late onset.
• Low sex drive
• Poor concentration and memory
• Swollen eyelids, face, general water retention
• Thinning and loss of hair
• Tendency to low body temperature
• Headaches (including migraines)
• Infertility and impotence
• Weak and brittle nails
• Goitre – enlarged, swollen and lumpy thyroid
• Anaemia
• Adult acne
• Hypoglycaemia
• Constipation
• Dry, coarse or thick skin
• Nervousness, anxiety and panicky

Hyperthyroid 

• Weight loss
• Restlessness
• Anxiety
• Diarrhoea
• Breathlessness
• Palpitations
• Hair loss
• Nervousness
• Fatigue
• Protruding eyes
• Insomnia
• Increased perspiration
• Menstrual irregularities
• Unusual body warmth

Pricing

Description		(RRP) Price
Total Thyroid Screen		£80.00
Reverse T3		£60.00
Urine Thyroid Hormones (T3/T4)		£100.00
Adrenal Stress Index		£70.00

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