Question 1

what's familial dysalbuminaemic hyperthyroxinaemia?

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See details: This is a mutation in the human albumen gene which causes tests for thyroid function to be falsely elevated when thyroid function is really normal.

Question 2

what causes congenital hypothyroidism?

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Underdevelopment...: Congenital thyroid dysplasia, poor development of thyroid gland  in utero, leads to congenital hypothyroidism.

Question 3

what autoimmune disorder has celiacs, gastroparesis, hypothyroidism?

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connective tissue : Connective tissue disease:  test for sjogren's (blood & sialogram) autoimmune thyroid, 

explore with your doctor : omeoprazole & Erythromycin & domperidone. Botox injections into   pylorus muscle for stomach pain and nausea.
Avoid raw veggies, grind food up when things are very bad.
There does not need to be one primary autoimmune disorder.

Question 4

why jaundice in congenital hypothyroidism?

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Hypothyroidism: prolonged jaundice is due to delayed maturation of the enzyme which helps in the glucorindation of  bilirubin
like all delayed processes this is also delayed

Question 5

what is primary adrenal insufficiency (addisons disease)?

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Adrenal cortex: The adrenal cortex makes lots of hormones. Very important are cortisol and aldosterone which help maintain life and salt balance. Addison's disease is caused by adrenal cortex damage rendering it unable to make these hormones anymore, mostly autoimmune cause in us. Patients often have a bronzed look. Hydrocortisone replacement is a lifesaving necessity. Fludrocortisone may also become necessary.

Question 6

adrenal fatigue syndrome, treatment?

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Adrenal Fatigue: Adrenal fatigue is something that is not recognized in traditional allopathic medical training.    

In functional medicine and integrative medicine, we treat it all day long.   It is caused by stress, either physical or mental or both and can be a severe one-time stress or chronic stress.

It often leads to chronic fatigue syndrome.  It ends up with low DHEA and low cortisol.  Lifestyle is impt.

Question 7

what is iatrogenic hyperthyroidism?

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Drug induced: Iatrogenic means it was caused by the treatment, or by the doctor.  So iatrogenic hyperthyroidism means the hyperthyroidism was caused by taking too much thyroid hormone.

Question 8

can maccune albright syndrome cause hyperthyroidism?

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McCune Albright: McCune -Albright syndrome is associated with excess hormone production, including hyperthyroidism.  People with this condition should be screened regularly.

Question 9

what is subclinical hypothyroidism?

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Hypothyroidism: Subclinical means that there are no symptoms of the slightly low thyroid levels as measured by blood work.

Question 10

is adrenal insufficiency hereditary?

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It can be.: One cause of adrenal insufficiency, addison's disease, is an auto-immune disorder.  The immune system mistakenly makes antibodies targeting one or more proteins in the adrenal cortex, and winds up destroying the adrenal cortex, so that the adrenals can no longer make cortisol, or other hormones.  As is true for most auto-immune disorders, a tendency to develop addison's can run in families.

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