The Thyroid Sourcebook For Women

by Rosenthal, M. Sara

• ISBN13: 9780071441612
• ISBN10: 0071441611
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-05
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

The Thyroid Sourcebook for Womenis an indispensable resource for the one in eight American women who suffers from chronic thyroid disorders. This new edition features the latest research on thyroid disorders, including hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and thyroid cancer, and their effect on women's health and lives. It explores the advantages and disadvantages of the latest medications and treatments, while addressing critical concerns for women such as fertility, pregnancy, postpartum thyroid disorder, menopause, depression, and weight gain. It also offers candid appraisals of major alternative therapies.

Author Biography

M. Sara Rosenthal, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of bioethics in the department of Behavioral Science at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and the author of many popular consumer health books.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the First Edition	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction: A Woman's Disease	xiii
1 All About Eve-and the Thyroid Gland	1	(18)
What Is a Thyroid?	2	(10)
Tracing Thyroid Disease in Your Family	12	(1)
The Menstrual Cycle	13	(2)
The Breast Connection	15	(4)
2 Signs of Trouble: It Is Not All in Your Head	19	(22)
Cold Women: The Hypoalphabet Soup	20	(7)
What Causes Hypothyroidism?	27	(2)
Fast Women: The Hypealphabet Soup	29	(7)
The Emotional Effects of Hyperthyroidism	36	(2)
What Causes Hyperthyroidism?	38	(3)
3 Stress, Fatigue, and Depression: Do They Collide with Your Thyroid?	41	(24)
Women, Stress, and Thyroid Disease	42	(7)
Fatigue	49	(2)
Abnormal Fatigue: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)	51	(3)
Depression and Thyroid Disease	54	(11)
4 Thyroid Disease and the Menstrual Cycle	65	(22)
The Moon Cycle	65	(9)
PMS and Thyroid Disorders	74	(13)
5 Fertility, Pregnancy, and the Thyroid	87	(18)
Getting Pregnant	88	(3)
Being Pregnant	91	(4)
After the Baby Is Born	95	(5)
Your Baby's Thyroid	100	(5)
6 Thyroid Disease and Menopause	105	(22)
Natural Menopause	106	(4)
Surgical Menopause or Premature Menopause	110	(1)
HRT, Menopause, and Thyroid Disease	111	(2)
Osteoporosis	113	(11)
Staying Alert About Heart Disease	124	(3)
7 Women and Thyroid Eye Disease	127	(18)
What Is Thyroid Eye Disease?	127	(6)
Smoking and TED	133	(6)
Battling the Bulge: Treating TED	139	(3)
Dry Eye Syndrome	142	(3)
8 The Weight and Diet Connection	145	(30)
Thyroid Disease and Obesity	145	(8)
Lowering Fat and Healthy Eating	153	(8)
The Hypothyroid Diet	161	(9)
Putting It All Together	170	(2)
The Hyperthyroid Diet	172	(1)
Iodine Foods and the Thyroid	173	(2)
9 Autoimmune Thyroid Disease	175	(14)
What Is an Autoimmune Disorder?	175	(2)
Hashimoto's Disease	177	(2)
Graves' Disease	179	(5)
Other Autoimmune Disorders	184	(5)
10 Thyroid Lumps and Thyroid Cancer	189	(22)
Thyroid Self-Exam (TSE)	190	(1)
Investigating a Thyroid Nodule	191	(7)
Who Gets Thyroid Cancer?	198	(7)
Types of Thyroid Cancer	205	(3)
General Treatment for Thyroid Cancer	208	(3)
11 Thyroid Tests, Treatments, and Self-Care	211	(32)
What the Doctor Orders	211	(12)
When Your Doctor Tells You to Take a Pill	223	(11)
Self-Healing and Complementary Therapies	234	(9)
Appendix A: Thyroid Links on the Web	243	(8)
Appendix B: Links for Other Conditions Related to Thyroid Disease	251	(4)
Bibliography	255	(16)
Index	271