PREGNANCY and FIBROMYALGIA
Dr. Kurland Norbert If you have fibromyalgia and are contemplating pregnancy, it’s natural to wonder what impact your illness will have on your ability to
Cigarette smoking and the thyroid
Cigarette smoking alters a variety of endocrine systems including thyroid hormones. If in healthy adults, studies have shown that tobacco has little effect on thyroid
FNA
FAN is an abreviation for Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy. Ultrasound is used to guide a needle into a thyroid nodule suspected of cancer, removing a
EHLERS-DANLOS Syndrome
Dr. Kurland Norbert Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is the clinical expression of connective tissue damage (which constitutes 80% of the human body). It is of genetic
HYPOTHYROIDISM: preface
Hypothyroidism is a pathologic condition caused by a deficiency of thyroid hormones. The thyroid secretes two hormones, T4 and T3. Only T3 is active. They
INTRODUCTION to FIBROMYALGIA
The usual approach of Fibromyalgia A new therapeutic approach: the Guaifenesin 1 – THE USUAL APPROACH OF FIBROMYALGIA When most people find out they have
Mitochondria
Each cell has at least one “energy-generating station” called the mitochondrion (many cells have only a single mitochondrion, whereas others can contain several thousand mitochondria;
Imbalance of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis
Some evidence suggests fibromyalgic patients have neuroendocrine abnormalities. Although it’s not fully understood, fibromyalgic patients have an imbalance of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. This imbalance
What is the TSH?
It is synthesized and secreted by our hypophyse gland (also called pituitary gland), a major gland in the brain. It’s a hypophyse hormone, NOT a
Guaifenesin : other modes of action
Some people do agree on GUAIFENESIN’s effectiveness in the treatment of fibromyalgia but for other reasons than those evoked by Dr. St. Amand phosphate retention