Thyroid & Menopause: How changing hormones affect thyroid function

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Thyroid & Menopause: How changing hormones affect thyroid function | Felice Gersh, MD

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Menopause does a number on thyroid function in a variety of ways, some of which aren't captured by routine blood work.
Thyroid conditions are extremely common in women, and especially in menopausal women, so every woman should know the symptoms of thyroid disease and get checked.
In this talk, I cover common questions, including:
* What does the thyroid do?
* How does menopause affect thyroid function?
* What are the symptoms of low thyroid?
* How do I get my thyroid tested?
* What if I have normal blood work but still have low thyroid symptoms?
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---- Contents of this video --------------------------
00:00 - Hypothyroidism in menopause
01:22 - Overlapping symptoms
03:08 - Estrogen & thyroid
06:04 - TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)
09:30 - What does thyroid do?
12:15 - Micronutrients for thyroid production
14:10 - Thyroid testing
16:43 - Hashimoto's
19:36 - Thyroid hormone therapy

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@anne-louisegoldie 3 ай бұрын

Oestrogen receptors on the thyroid, and thyroid receptors on the ovaries. I'm learning new things all the time. Thank you so much 💛

@onewomansjourney760 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video! Best explanation in my 12 years of post thyroid papillary carcinoma complete thyroidectomy & now menopausal at age 50. I need you as my provider!

@kristinpeturson-laprise5373 3 ай бұрын

I wish I'd known this 10-15 years ago. I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's and developed a goiter at 45. No one mentioned anything about a correlation with menopause. When at 55 I asked a female gynecologist if having Hashimotos would make any difference with menopause, she said no, absolutely not. I was on birth control until I was 56, and then put on Provarin as soon as I stopped, which sent me into a tailspin. Two years later I am still trying to figure out relief for symptoms. Thank you for speaking about this and sharing your expertise!

@Jewel-888 2 ай бұрын

Did your goiter cause your voice to be mangled? Change? Sound ruined..? That’s what I’m going through right now.. finally I think made the correlation

@r-anne7375 3 ай бұрын

This is so much good information as I'm on thyroid meds and HRT. Thank you !

@user-hi3sy8jh9c 3 ай бұрын

Same! ❤

@gcloughesy 14 күн бұрын

So grateful for Dr Gersh!! thank you for your generosity in sharing all of your very valuable knowledge. Lots of rich information. .

@natalieaxl804 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Wish we had more Dr like you🙏🤞🤩

@katherinemoon8901 2 ай бұрын

I wish she would have a separate video for just women post menopause and for women without a uterus on this subject.

@sherri-leemathers7121 6 күн бұрын

Yessss.

@robinham2796 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Auto immune numbers were low yet were there. I did no other testing but I’m beginning to think it’s thyroid! I really love your approach. Wish you were local for me!

@deniseragona2383 3 ай бұрын

Always a Wealth of knowledge!

@IterativeArt 26 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! I had noticed that my TSH has gone up in the last two years (still within "normal" range for my age, but no longer optimal) and had wondered if/how it related to perimenopause. This is the best information I've found on the topic so far!

@Invinsible75 8 күн бұрын

God, I wish someone would tell us what the optimal estradiol levels. Especially for those of us who have to do all the work for our doctors because they don't know anything.

@user-vp4sx1zr4r 3 ай бұрын

Incredible good video I have found on You tube channel so far ! Thank you very much !!🥰🌸🙏🙏

@kimbe910 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@fitmom0609 2 ай бұрын

Can we heal our thyroid if we can heal our leaky gut? Also, are there any symptoms to tell if we are overdosed on Estradiol? I'm perimenopausal and on .05 transdermal Estradiol patch. My TSH jumped from 2.3 to 4.3 in the past year. My doctor doesn't want to do anything because I'm "still in the normal range". Thank you! This was a very informative video!

@hollywoodwear123 3 ай бұрын

This is so informative!! I have been on thyroid replacement medication for the last 30 years. I am 59 and going through the motion of finally getting on HRT. My gyno doctor is one of the few here in KC that prescribes HRT, but I asked him if I need to worry about HRT affecting my thyroid function in any way and he said there is no correlation. I just wonder if I need my thyroid levels checked more often while starting HRT. Also when you say that the Estradiol levels are really high this will suppress the thyroid, do you mean that it could cause hypothyroidism ( high TSH) or did you mean it will suppress the T4? Thanks!

@SS-dp7lt 2 ай бұрын

Estrogen makes u hypo. It happened to me. I now increased my meds and will go back on est.

@user-ex4th1if8j 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this information. A woman who is taking levothyroxine as a replacement therefore must increase they're dose to use estrogen only therapy. Will TSH level in labs be lower or will it be the same as the dose used to keep thyroid function stable when estrogen is used?

@lindadn916 Ай бұрын

This information is so valuable!!! Thank you for explaining so well.

@ZsuzsaKarolySmith Ай бұрын

It’s actually lack of progesterone and excess oestrogen or oestrogen dominance that tend to cause Hashimoto’s. Just saying…

@sueharrison8818 3 ай бұрын

Love ❤️ your videos. Would some iodine daily help??

@alsci2489 9 күн бұрын

My GP said menopause has nothing to do with hypothyroidism. What to believe.

@emilyandrade1071 Ай бұрын

what about someone who has no thyroid? I had surgery back on March since that my period is been out control, spotting all the time snd this month i have a very long very period. My TSH is kind low and my endocrinologist will not increase or decrease my levothyroxine? So frustrating 😡😡😞😡

@1toebe Ай бұрын

My TPO antibodies are very high. (All other thyroid labs are registering normal)I’ve dropped the antibodies to just over 800. I’m on the lowest dose of estradiol and on progesterone. Could all this be causing my antibodies to be high

@1toebe Ай бұрын

I also take 60mg of armour thyroid too

@desertfox4556 Ай бұрын

I'm confused -- Dr. Gersh said women over 60 shouldn't take desiccated Thyroid because the T3 levels could be too high and possibly cause Afib. I thought I heard her say they should take a Bioidentical form of T4 by itself. I just talked to a compounding pharmacist, and he said there is NO Bioidentical T4 by itself. It would have to be synthetic.

@cleanqueen75 3 ай бұрын

Why doesn’t your pcp know this when you get a yearly physical? I’m 67. My hormone doctor has me on 20 mg of compounded Lyrothyronine.

@iss8504 3 ай бұрын

Endocrinology is complicated. What is stupid is that endocrinologists also don't understand menopause so they tell you your estrogen is unrelated to your thyroid, which is nonsense. I had a thyroidectomy and i am in menopause. On hrt, I need more levothyroxine. One thing: there are blood levels and then there is receptor sensitivity. Higher blood levels doesn't mean you will feel better. Being metabolically overall healthier will help with receptors. You may not need as much if you are metabolically healthier, that is my experience.

@jannlittle4745 Ай бұрын

I’m staying away from synthetic .. I’m trying to get away from the horrors I’m taking. I just had my dexa scan.. it’s good. What do you say is optimum estradiol.

@ogbeborchristabel9276 3 ай бұрын

Antibiotic thyroid medicine from Dr emuakhe on KZfaq from Africa vanished my thyroid case and haven't seen any reoccurrence to date, you're truly an epitome of good treatment..............