| AIDS | Related Topic
"...The AIDS virus invades the T4 helper/inducer lymphocytes and multiplies, causing a breakdown in the body's immune system, eventually leading to overwhelming infection and/or cancer, with ultimate death..."
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HIV/AIDS |
The Condition
"...Even during the asymptomatic period, the virus is multiplying, infecting, and killing cells of the immune system, especially T4 cells (CD4+)..."
Recommendation Mistletoe
"A German study examined the use of Iscador, a mistletoe extract, in 40 HIV-positive patients with less than 200 T4 cells/ml..."
Recommendation MGN-3
"...T4 levels routinely decrease at a rate of about 15% per year..."
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Hives |
Relationship to Chronic Thyroiditis
"...In a study of 10 patients with chronic hives, thyroxine (T4) was administered for a minimum of 12 weeks..."
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Hyperthyroidism |
Recommendation Selenium
"...It appears that taking selenium without iodine will result in a decrease in production of Thyroxine (T4), although there may be an initial transient increase in T4 to T3 conversion and hence higher T3 and seemingly worse hyperthyroidism..."
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Hypopituitarism |
The Condition
"...Replacement therapy consists of a either T4 (thyroxine) and/or T3 (triiodothyronine)..."
Our Question about your Total T4 level
"When TSH and Total T4 are both low, a poorly-functioning pituitary gland is suspected..."
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Hypothyroidism |
The Condition
"...Wilson reports that when a body is under stress, such as illness, fasting, cortisol from stress, T4 (thyroxin - a thyroid hormone) is converted to Reverse T3 instead of T3 (triiodothyronine - the primary hormone that regulates the metabolic rate)..."
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Immune System Imbalance (TH2 Dominance) |
Recommendation Thyroid Medications
"Thyroxine (T4) found in Synthroid and desiccated thyroid is a thyroid hormone that increases TH1 cytokines to help balance the immune system..."
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Iodine |
As A Treatment
"...The only well known function for iodine in the body is as a component of the thyroid hormones T3 and T4..."
Related Topic
"A essential mineral that is an integral part of the thyroid hormones, thyroxin and triiodothyronine which have important metabolic roles and govern basal metabolism..."
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Thyroglobulin |
Related Topic
"...See also T4..."
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Thyroid Medications |
As A Treatment
"...The synthetic thyroid hormone, Synthroid (T4) is commonly prescribed by many physicians when thyroid tests are abnormal and in many cases doesn't seem to work as effectively as expected..."
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