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Hypo thyroid and 60 lb. weight loss? Really?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sabine" data-source="post: 619732" data-attributes="member: 17639"><p>My 13 year old has "borderline hypothyroidism", so her pediatrician. sent her for an ultrasound of her thyroid, and it's full of nodules and cists. She's going to an endocrinologist next month. If the endo agrees with the radiologist (that she has hashimotos's), then we'll be putting her on a gluten free diet. We're slowly moving in that direction anyway... making the change slowly..</p><p></p><p>My 8 year old son also showed up borderline. (I got his #s.. 4.07 TSH and 1.37 T4.) The 8 year old can't gain weight skinny skinny, and the 13 year old is chubby.</p><p></p><p>What's a bit weird is that the 13 year old showed up lactose intolerant about 3 years ago. She started when she was about 8 with tons of gas, but we didn't know why for a couple years. No one else, on either side of the family is lactose intolerant... and it's a genetic thing to be able to digest milk sugar.</p><p></p><p>So, I've been confused for years about it. In my research about hashimoto's and the correlation with gluten intolerance, I came across a reference to lactose intolerance.</p><p></p><p>Gluten damages the cilia in the intestines, the cilia are what produce the lactase (milk sugar digesting enzymes), so gluten consumption can potentially create lactose intolerance in a person that would otherwise be able to consume milk.</p><p></p><p>My daughter was tested for celiac disease, and she doesn't have that, but many people are gluten-intolerant (and that doesn't show up on the routine blood tests).</p><p></p><p>(And about my avatar.. I have to admit, I stole the picture from the internet. I used to have a kitty that looked JUST like this one though.. If I can get my camera working, then I'll switch it out for one of my own.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sabine, post: 619732, member: 17639"] My 13 year old has "borderline hypothyroidism", so her pediatrician. sent her for an ultrasound of her thyroid, and it's full of nodules and cists. She's going to an endocrinologist next month. If the endo agrees with the radiologist (that she has hashimotos's), then we'll be putting her on a gluten free diet. We're slowly moving in that direction anyway... making the change slowly.. My 8 year old son also showed up borderline. (I got his #s.. 4.07 TSH and 1.37 T4.) The 8 year old can't gain weight skinny skinny, and the 13 year old is chubby. What's a bit weird is that the 13 year old showed up lactose intolerant about 3 years ago. She started when she was about 8 with tons of gas, but we didn't know why for a couple years. No one else, on either side of the family is lactose intolerant... and it's a genetic thing to be able to digest milk sugar. So, I've been confused for years about it. In my research about hashimoto's and the correlation with gluten intolerance, I came across a reference to lactose intolerance. Gluten damages the cilia in the intestines, the cilia are what produce the lactase (milk sugar digesting enzymes), so gluten consumption can potentially create lactose intolerance in a person that would otherwise be able to consume milk. My daughter was tested for celiac disease, and she doesn't have that, but many people are gluten-intolerant (and that doesn't show up on the routine blood tests). (And about my avatar.. I have to admit, I stole the picture from the internet. I used to have a kitty that looked JUST like this one though.. If I can get my camera working, then I'll switch it out for one of my own.) [/QUOTE]
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