Half a century ago, the American Broda Otto Barnes made one of the most important discoveries in endocrinology. It turns out that the current status of the thyroid gland is diagnosed by measuring body temperature using the most conventional mercury thermometer. Only the measurement should be done in the morning, immediately wake up, not getting out of bed.
According to research conducted by Barnes, if the body temperature varies with that adopted for "standard" (from 36.5 to 36.8 degrees) we can assume that your thyroid gland is not well and make an appointment with an endocrinologist to undergo further complex survey.
Let us consider, as far as possible to independently determine the health / illness of the thyroid gland.
Thermometer should be prepared the night before. This is to avoid having to get up in the morning from the bed. And thermometer readings initially must not be more than 35 degrees.
Important! Measuring the body temperature recommended immediately once awake. In this case, keep a thermometer under the arm should be at least 10 minutes. The value on the thermometer will have to be written.
If the values correspond to the "standard", you should not worry. Thyroid gland is normal.
When reading below 36.5 degrees, it can be assumed that the iron does not cope with the generation of sufficient amounts of hormones. Speech in this case can go about hypothyroidism. Its symptoms are also depression and fatigue.
If the thermometer indicates a temperature above 36.8 degrees, thyroid obviously works excessively active. You probably hyperthyroidism. A consequence of this condition may also be problems with digestion. Observed malfunction of the nervous and cardiovascular systems. There are pockets of inflammation in the body.
To confirm their hypothesis, the measurement should be done several times. For the accuracy of the experiment needs to be healthy (in the rest of the plan), as well as to carry out measurements using the same thermometer. And be sure not to get up, and then the data to be inaccurate.
Important:That the thyroid gland to function properly, you should eat right. must present the necessary vitamins and trace elements in the menu.
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