ME: The link with thyroid problems
Thyroid problems may be a culprit behind unexplained diseases such as
ME/CFS and FMS. In most cases, the health problems experienced by these
patients are part of a more basic and profound dysfunction, such as
primary damage to the hypothalamus or pituitary gland through infection
and/or some other insult.
Eminent international researchers have found that the endocrine system
in ME/CFS sufferers is disrupted. A key feature is a defect in the
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. In one study, computed
tomography (CT) of ME patients showed that both adrenal glands were
reduced by as much as 50 per cent compared with the controls.
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