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Take Your Life Back and Stop Hypothyroidism Naturally at the Source |
Being
the proud father of two beautiful and amazing children, I know first-hand what
it is like to want the best for your children. I know what it is like as a
parent to want to give your children the best possible advantage in life. But
few realize that some of the biggest advantages that we can give, or get, in
life begin long before birth, with the thyroid health of the mother.
While
many of the health risks associated with hypothyroidism during pregnancy are
well known, yet rarely discussed, studies are now showing that these same
health risks are just as common among women with subclinical hypothyroidism,
who present no signs or symptoms and therefore are never properly tested or
treated.
It’s
a shame that we can spend $125 billion dollars a year treating cancer alone, yet we
completely ignore such a simple issue that could potentially help cut future
cancer rates significantly.
There
is no arguing that our health in general has been declining rapidly for many
generations now. Diseases, including cancer and Type 2 diabetes, that were once
limited to only the adult population are now becoming more and more common in
younger and younger children.
If
you understand the fact that “it takes life (a.k.a. energy) to give life
(a.k.a. energy)” then you can understand that a new-born child can only be as
healthy as the parents that brought the child to life.
If
we have any chance at putting an end to this negative health trend then we have
to start by giving our children the best possible health advantage that we can,
which starts during pregnancy and before.
Effects of Subclinical
Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy on Foetal and Future Health
There
have been a number of studies showing the increased health risk factors
associated with subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy.
With
respect to foetal health and development, these studies show that subclinical hypothyroidism
in pregnancy drastically increases risks for:
·
Miscarriage
·
Premature
Birth
·
Placental
Abruptions
·
Low
Birth Weight
·
Neonatal
Respiratory Distress
·
Impaired
Motor Function
·
Impaired
Intellectual Development
·
Lower
IQ Scores for Children
Unfortunately,
there has been little done to study the long term effects of maternal
hypothyroidism on the future health of the child. But knowing that low birth weight
is a common risk factor; we can gain a little more insight into the long term
effects by simply looking at the future health risks associated with low birth
weight.
Granted,
subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy is not the only cause of low birth
weight, but simply understanding that thyroid function plays a crucial role in
growth and development, it should make sense that poor thyroid function is
definitely an issue, regardless of the cause.
It
should be no surprise that the future health risks of adults who were born low
birth weight babies are identical to the common
health risks of hypothyroidism:
·
Chronic
Infections
·
Asthma
·
Insulin
Resistance
·
Diabetes
Hopefully
this opens your eyes to the fact that the health and thyroid function of your
mother had a huge impact on your health today. And it helps to explain how
declining health is passed from generation to generation.
Even
if you had no signs or symptoms of hypothyroidism during pregnancy, a more
recent study demonstrated how millions of women are unknowingly hypothyroid and
carry almost all of the same pregnancy risk factors.
Risk Factors of
Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy
A
recent study looking into the effects of subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy
revealed some striking results. These subclinical cases showed no signs or
symptoms of hypothyroidism even though testing showed otherwise.
I
have talked in great detail about how hypothyroidism is grossly undiagnosed and
this study more than proves this. Of all the women studied, just over 10
percent were diagnosed with overt hypothyroidism where they showed obvious
signs and symptoms. Even this is more than twice what the medical community
claims.
What’s
more striking is that 40% of the women were hypothyroid with no signs or
symptoms.
This
is a major problem since doctors only test for hypothyroidism when there are
obvious signs and symptoms, meaning that they are unknowingly missing 40% of
hypothyroidism that requires proper treatment. I’m starting to feel like a
broken record when I say this.
The
results of the study itself showed that these subclinical hypothyroid women
presented with almost all of the same risk factors as the women who showed
obvious signs or symptoms. And the risk factors were just as significant; which
include:
·
Miscarriage
·
Still
birth
·
Preterm
Delivery
·
Low
Birth Weight
·
Small
Gestational Age Rates
This
shows the obvious need for better testing and screening for hypothyroidism,
especially early in pregnancy.
Pregnancy Loss and Neonatal
Outcomes in Women with
Thyroid Dysfunction in the
First Trimester of Pregnancy
Subclinical
hypothyroidism (GpB) was associated with significantly increased foetal loss,
preterm delivery, increased low birth weight (LBW)rates and increased small for
gestation age(SGA)rates…
Overt
hypothyroidism (GpC) was also associated significantly increased foetal loss,
increased LBW rates, increased SGA rates and increased incidence of neonatal
hyperbilirubinemia…
Watch
this Video HERE
– Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy - How Mom's Thyroid Problems Can Hurt Baby
Thyroid Testing during
Pregnancy – Too Little, Too Late?
The
author of the above study is using this research to push for routine
hypothyroidism screening for pregnant women.
Is
this a step in the right direction? Of course it is.
But
ideally, we should be diagnosing and treating hypothyroidism well before
pregnancy. The focus should be on prevention which should start much earlier in
life.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
– Ben Franklin
Children
today DO deserve the best possible advantages in life which is why proper
screening for children is an absolute must. Plus it doesn’t have to cost anyone
a penny. It’s well known that blood tests for hypothyroidism are not cutting it
today. Simply monitoring temperature and pulse is a free and far more effective
screening.
Imagine
that, improving health and saving lives while lowering the cost of healthcare.
What
a novel idea…
Author Bio:
Tom Brimeyer – The
author of Hypothyroidism Revolution – is a practitioner of functional medicine,
health researcher and author on nutrition, hormones and hypothyroidism.
His personal mission
is to inspire and educate people to take control and achieve true health by
correcting their hypothyroidism and underlying causes of their health problems
instead of being stuck relying on doctors and drugs that merely cover up their
symptoms while their health continues to suffer.
