Thyroid Diseases, Conditions, Autoimmunity and Cancers [Kindle Edition]

James M. Lowrance (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

There are many diseases that affect thyroid function, including those that cause hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, thyroid swelling (goiter), tumors in the gland (nodules), thyroid eye disease and thyroid cancer.

This e-book looks at these conditions of thyroid dysfunction in some detail and the diseases that cause them including thyroid autoimmunity.

The subjects addressed in the chapters include signs and symptoms of thyroid disorders, their diagnosis and treatments. Types of goiters, nodules and cancers of the thyroid gland are also discussed in addition to surgical procedures for them and post-op treatments.

NOTE: This ebook is approximately 8,053 words in length. It is not an extensive medical journal but rather contains aspects of information on the subject that most laypersons would be seeking.

CONTENTS:

CHAPTER ONE: Thyroid Autoimmunity

CHAPTER TWO: Thyroid Hormone Replacement Therapy

CHAPTER THREE: Hashimoto's Encephalopathy Rare but Serious

CHAPTER FOUR: Grave’s Disease and Hyperthyroid Treatments

CHAPTER FIVE: What are Goiters?

CHAPTER SIX: What are Thyroid Nodules?

CHAPTER SEVEN: Thyroid Cancer

Subheadings include:

The Search for Causes and Cures of Autoimmune Disease Continues
Epstein-Barr Virus in Autoimmune Diseases
Hypothyroid Neuropathies
My Personal Experience with Hypothyroid Therapy
Natural Thyroid Supplements?
Can Hyperthyroidism be resolved with Drug Treatment Only?
Thyroid Eye Disease
Self-Examining for Goiters
How Thyroid Cancer Manifests

Author - Jim Lowrance was Editor for Thyroid Health at BellaOnline during months of 2008 and 2009 and was awarded Editor's Choice Awards for general health articles written for Suite101.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 40 KB
• Print Length: 24 pages
• Publisher: James M. Lowrance; 1 edition (July 25, 2008)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001D8T4IW
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #316,520 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

A husband, father and grandfather, I've been a contract salesman most of my life. During the early 1990s, I marketed an outdoors product I invented and that I formed a small corporation to patent, manufacture and sell called the "Rod Floater" (now a registered Trademark). I traveled the U.S. making presentations to groups of Wal-Mart zone and district managers and received authorization to sell the product in two regions of Wal-Mart stores for five years.

I also sold the product to Bass Pro Shops, Cabela's and Academy Stores, all of which still carry the product and I landed a national promotion for the product with Kerr-McGee Oil company who began using the product to promote their "Mystik Brand" outboard motor oil in 1992. In 1996 I licensed the product to TTI-Blakemore, a major fishing tackle conglomerate, from which I am still paid monthly royalties from sales of the product.

I invented and marketed five additional outdoors products, also getting these into Wal-Mart stores and afterward sold them outright rather than licensing them. I learned a great deal about invention marketing during those years and was privileged to meet the CEOs of many well-known companies. I was also invited for television and radio appearances and met with the T.V. hosts of many fishing shows and was featured in the May 2001 issue of Inventors digest magazine. I enjoy writing books, e-books and articles on the subject of invention marketing.

I received a diploma from Liberty University for completion of theological studies in 1996. I served as a youth minister, Bible teacher and guest speaker in fundamental, evangelical Christian churches, from 1983 to 2001. I enjoy writing books and articles on Bible subjects as well.

In 2003 I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism; "Hashimoto's thyroiditis" being the cause. This autoimmune form of thyroid disease that causes destruction of the thyroid gland resulted in my also developing "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome", due to a compromised immune system with severe co-morbid "Adrenal Fatigue". I also suffered severe anxiety symptoms, including panic attacks early into the onset of Hashimoto's thyroiditis (Hashitoxicosis). A common heart murmur I was diagnosed with in my teens called "Mitral Valve Prolapse", also worsened in severity of symptoms, with the development of these other health disorders.

My eventual receiving of a diagnosis was a difficult process with proper diagnostic testing not being ordered by the first doctors I sought treatment from. These types of issues were inspiration for me to become proactive in my own health care and to self-educate myself on these health disorders, which I have done extensively since 2003. I now enjoy sharing this information with other patients experiencing my same health disorders, through e-books, books and articles.