The Thyroid Sourcebook for Women, 2nd Edition (Sourcebooks)

Terms of Use......Page 5
Want to learn more?......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Foreword to the First Edition......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Introduction: A Woman's Disease......Page 15
1 All About Eve—and the Thyroid Gland......Page 21
What Is a Thyroid?......Page 22
Tracing Thyroid Disease in Your Family......Page 32
The Menstrual Cycle......Page 33
The Breast Connection......Page 35
2 Signs of Trouble: It Is Not All in Your Head......Page 39
Cold Women: The Hypoalphabet Soup......Page 40
What Causes Hypothyroidism?......Page 47
Fast Women: The Hyperalphabet Soup......Page 49
The Emotional Effects of Hyperthyroidism......Page 56
What Causes Hyperthyroidism?......Page 58
3 Stress, Fatigue, and Depression: Do They Collide with Your Thyroid?......Page 61
Women, Stress, and Thyroid Disease......Page 62
Fatigue......Page 69
Abnormal Fatigue: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)......Page 71
Depression and Thyroid Disease......Page 74
The Moon Cycle......Page 85
PMS and Thyroid Disorders......Page 94
5 Fertility, Pregnancy, and the Thyroid......Page 107
Getting Pregnant......Page 108
Being Pregnant......Page 111
After the Baby Is Born......Page 115
Your Baby’s Thyroid......Page 120
6 Thyroid Disease and Menopause......Page 125
Natural Menopause......Page 126
Surgical Menopause or Premature Menopause......Page 130
HRT, Menopause, and Thyroid Disease......Page 131
Osteoporosis......Page 133
Staying Alert About Heart Disease......Page 144
What Is Thyroid Eye Disease?......Page 147
Smoking and TED......Page 153
Battling the Bulge: Treating TED......Page 159
Dry Eye Syndrome......Page 162
Thyroid Disease and Obesity......Page 165
Lowering Fat and Healthy Eating......Page 173
The Hypothyroid Diet......Page 181
Putting It All Together......Page 190
The Hyperthyroid Diet......Page 192
Iodine Foods and the Thyroid......Page 193
What Is an Autoimmune Disorder?......Page 195
Hashimoto’s Disease......Page 197
Graves’ Disease......Page 199
Other Autoimmune Disorders......Page 204
10 Thyroid Lumps and Thyroid Cancer......Page 209
Thyroid Self-Exam (TSE)......Page 210
Investigating a Thyroid Nodule......Page 211
Who Gets Thyroid Cancer?......Page 218
Types of Thyroid Cancer......Page 225
General Treatment for Thyroid Cancer......Page 228
What the Doctor Orders......Page 231
When Your Doctor Tells You to Take a Pill......Page 243
Self-Healing and Complementary Therapies......Page 254
Thyroid Websites of Interest......Page 263
Outside North America......Page 264
Thyroid Cancer Sites......Page 266
Graves’ Disease......Page 268
Emotional Health......Page 271
Heart Health......Page 272
Infertility......Page 273
Bibliography......Page 275
Index......Page 291