Hi, all. I've been reading around and noticing people posting about thyroid problems, which I do have. I'm curious, what is the relation between Lyme (and friends) and thyroid issues? Plus, what kind of thyroid issues can it cause?
(I have autoimmune thyroiditis, though I doubt it has anything to do with my other symptoms, because I've had thyroid disease for nearly a decade. I'm just curious )
Posted by dguy (Member # 8979) on :
I have not seen any research results on the connection, nor have I found any doctors (including those considered the top thyroid specialists in the world) who could give a definitive answer.
From what I can piece together, it appears the infection impacts both the thyroid itself as well as our bodies' use of the hormone.
There appears to be either a disruption in the normal conversion of T4 to T3 hormone, or something that inhibits the proper action of T3. The result is blood tests on lymies can show excessively high levels of the hormone, yet the person will feel as if they are hypothyroid.
Posted by treepatrol (Member # 4117) on :
Lyme can infect everything its a mobile infection with keys to all the doors. It can enter ant cell including macraphages,lymphcytes etc usually my wife included had to have synthroid added lots of woman here do. Some men have low testosterone also from lyme it slowly drags your whole body down.
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