by Dominic Stanculescu | Jul 24, 2019 | Cytokines, Homepage, Oxidative Stress, Thyroid, Thyroid
This is the third of a series of posts on non-thyroidal illness syndrome, NTIS – a pattern of altered thyroid hormone activity often present in severe trauma and critical illness. A recent study suggests NTIS may be present in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)...
by Cort Johnson | Mar 4, 2019 | Homepage, HPA axis, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Thyroid
Problems with the thyroid – the “gas pedal of the body”, as Dr. Teitelbaum calls it – seem to make sense given the fatigue, exercise and other problems found in ME/CFS and FM. Assessing and treating the thyroid, though, is one area where the...