How To Heal Hashimoto's: A Functional Medicine Approach

[Dr. Anshul Gupta]

Hashimoto's is a common autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid gland. It often goes undiagnosed because it can be hard to detect in its early stages, and sometimes people have no symptoms at all.

However, if left unchecked, Hashimoto's will gradually destroy the thyroid gland and lead to hypothyroidism or an underactive thyroid- this means your body doesn't produce enough of certain hormones (such as triiodothyronine) which regulate metabolism. - Hashimoto Doctor Online

This article will show you how you can heal Hashimoto's through functional medicine. Functional medicine is different than conventional medical treatment because it focuses on finding root causes for a person’s health problems instead of focusing solely on masking their symptoms with drugs or surgery

What is Autoimmune disease?

An autoimmune disease occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks its own healthy cells, organs, or tissues. The mistake is made because the body's own cells are very similar to the foreign invaders that it tries to fight off - these proteins all look the same to the immune system.

Autoimmune diseases often start with a condition called inflammation which then causes your immune system to attack healthy tissue and create more inflammation in an ever-increasing cycle of destruction.

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