Natural Thyroid Treatment

Many providers only check a thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level and an inactive thyroid hormone (T4) level. However, to fully understand your thyroid health and offer a personalized natural thyroid treatment plant, I order TSH, free T4, free T3, and reverse T3 levels, as well as certain antibodies, to understand the full picture.

It is critical to understand that a person’s diet, lifestyle, and environment have a significant impact on thyroid health.

The root cause of the issue must be explored and risk factors that may lead to autoimmune thyroid disease need to be assessed. Autoimmune diseases affect nearly 24 million Americans, and thyroid diseases affect about 20 million.

Many Americans are dealing with autoimmune thyroid disease. In fact, Hashimoto’s disease, an autoimmune thyroid condition, is one of the most common causes of hypothyroidism.

Natural Thyroid Treatment at Wellness Balance You

Conventional medicine typically focuses on just one aspect of that journey. Testing is narrow in scope and focuses on a specific symptom, so any treatment plan lacks the complete data necessary for a holistic approach to healing.

In contrast, functional lab testing has the ability to look at the entire body. That’s because our health isn’t a collection of siloed processes but rather a complex network. Examining your overall health allows your healthcare provider – and yourself – to take a step back and look at the big picture. A natural thyroid treatment plan is, therefore, comprehensive instead of merely focusing on getting rid of one symptom.