{"id":2306,"date":"2014-09-04T12:46:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T12:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ivbar4u.com\/blog\/addictioneducation\/?p=2306"},"modified":"2014-09-04T12:46:40","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T12:46:40","slug":"connection-addiction-hypothyroidism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ivbar4u.com\/blog\/connection-addiction-hypothyroidism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Connection between Addiction and Hypothyroidism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Addressing the Connection between Addiction and Hypothyroidism<\/a><\/h1>\n

What is hypothyroidism? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hypo is a word used to mean below or low in level. When used together with thyroid, it means that your thyroids are not making enough thyroids hormones.\u00a0 The opposite of this would be hyperthyroidism, to imply that your thyroids are making too much thyroid hormone<\/a> than required under normal circumstances. What are these thyroids? Thyroid is a gland, which is butterfly like in shape, and it is found in front of your neck. This gland is responsible for making hormones, which are used to regulate the way your body uses energy. This hormone is known as thyroxin. It is normally carried around the body in the blood streams. Many of the cells and our body tissues<\/a> need this hormone to keep them going correctly. Sometimes a scenario may arise due to some factors when the gland produces little of these hormones than required. This is the scenario known as hypothyroidism.<\/p>\n

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What causes hypothyroidism?<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hypothyroidism is a disease which h has been known to be triggered by some condition. The whole idea behind the disease cause is the deficiency in thyroxin. When the thyroid glands<\/a> are in a condition in which they are producing low level of thyroxin than required, it is very likely that the hypothyroidism arises.<\/p>\n

The main cause of hypothyroidism is as a result of history or occurrence of autoimmune disease. This auto immune<\/a> disease is known as autoimmune thyroiditis, a disease which leads to a \u201ccivil war\u201d between your immune system and some body tissues. This disease makes your immune system to manufacture antibodies against the thyroids. This leads to the decline in the thyroid hormone and consequently leading to hypothyroidism.<\/p>\n

Another possible cause of hypothyroidism which has been pointed at is stress. Researches have indicated that continued or chronic stress can lead to development of hypothyroidism.<\/p>\n

What is the connection between hypothyroidism and addiction?<\/a><\/h2>\n

These two conditions share many things in common, particularly by sharing causers, triggers and even some of their symptoms.\u00a0 Here we will be looking some of the things which are similar between the two.<\/p>\n