Beckingham d.c. Dr Ian Beckingham d.c. Level: basic
Dr. Jan Beckingham specializes in helping patients suffering from chronic diseases such as thyroid disorders, fibromyalgia, dizziness/vertigo, insomnia, autism, Asperger's Syndrome, add/ADHD, chronic pain, and ...
People come to my thyroid Institute Los Angeles West each day with symptoms suggestive of hypothyroid condition. It shocks me that these patients have very little understanding of thyroid brain. People think of low energy, thinning hair and weight gain as the primary drawbacks of hypothyroidism. One very common symptom is brain fog, it's those people who say that "Dr. Beckingham, I can't remember things like where my keys, why I can't concentrate, I forget people's names." I have to train these people that weight and energy issues are valid, but my real concern is a component of neuroendocrine function low thyroid and blood sugar. Another story question of blood sugar. I want to focus on brain and nervous system now.
Clearly demonstrated that thyroid hormones exhibit very powerful Microglia, modulating properties. Microglia are a type of glial cells, which resident macrophages of brain and spinal cord and serve as the first and the main form of active immune defence of the central nervous system (CNS). Microglia make up 20% of the total population of glial cells inside and spinal cord. Each neuron in the brain can be approximately 10 of glial cells to work with it. Mostly Microglia kill bad stuff that shouldn't be in the brain. Some studies go to imply that excessive microglial reactions in the brain, associated with lesions of neurodegenerative diseases. So brain degeneration is associated with an excessive immune response in the brain.
Give patients easy to understand example pimple. A pimple on the body by bacteria and oil present cause significant immune response. Pimple is inflamed, red and tender to the touch. The same principle applies most immune response. Both immune response in the brain causes inflammation in the brain tissue. This is inflammation that causes damage. Clearly the brain slows brain inflammation by blocking nerve conductivity (communication) so the brain fog. Microglia reaction causes inflammation during long periods causes brain damage.
If help thyroid hormones to regulate the brain's immune response and save it to test what would happen if your thyroid gland is not functioning properly, the brain degeneration! Thyroid hormones are shown for promoting Neurogenesis (growth of new cells), dendretic/axonal growth (message end pieces of nerve fibres), myelinnation (isolation nerve) and synaptogenisis (building communication centers of the brain). Thyroid hormones help receiving serotonin, which in turn activates the frontal cortex. So low thyroid can cause depression, lack of motivation, bowell issues and poor coordination. How many thyroid patients we've seen this presentation?
As we dig deeper, it was shown that hormones T3 (active thyroid hormone) is working hand in hand with acetylcholine and low T3 leads poor brain function causing brain degeneration in particular cerebellum (Center of balance, fear/pleasure response, monitoring posture, coordination). So bad cerebellum function equals poor movement with balance problems. On top of that stuff in the lives of patients, they are not accustomed to enjoy more, I see this in my clinic all the time.
Low thyroid function hurts memory by slowing the hippocampus by damage function of glutamate receptor activity, which also causes low dopamine levels. If you have low dopamine you are likely to get Parkinson's disease. When I see my Parkinson's patient they were because they were diagnosed too late. Parkinson's for me a functionally speaking has 8 stages with no. 1 being loss of smell loss # 2 movement proper gut, right up to # 8 shaking body. True, the text of the book diagnosis until phase 8, extremity shaking. My goal is to catch it early and modulate Parkisonian reaction before too much damage. It's a whole other story.
Worst of all, the brain neurotransmitters mentioned earlier; Dopamine serotonin and acetylcholine all play a role in the thyroid gland. This creates a vicious circle. Bad thyroid gland causes bad brain, which in turn causes worse goiter. That is why just giving patients thyroid hormones, without full laboratory processing and brain assessments is borderline negligent practices. Remember, most thyroid problems, primarily, and autoimmune thyroid is just the victim of an attack the body.
To find out if you have an autoimmune disease I insist on antibody testing on all my chronic condition of the patients. An antibody is a protein. In the body, the immune system produces antibodies in response to the unwanted material like mold, viruses, bacteria and parasites. These substances are marked as antigens. Antibodies can be produced when the body has a reaction to eating it is or comes into contact with harmful chemicals. Antibodies can be produced by mistake against bodies own healthy tissues when the immune system becomes confused. Antibody marks fabrics for deletion and signals the immune response. This is the cause of autoimmune reactions. I would check gluten antibodies, antibody myelin (fatty sheath around nerve), cerebellar (back of the brain controls balance, coordinated movement and spinal muscles) antibodies. more examples of this may be antibodies to skin tissue, often referred to as psoriasis, thyroid antibodies to tissue, known as autoimmune disease or antibody to nerve cells conductive coatings, known as multiple sclerosis.
In sum, we have a focus on the whole patient not one system we must look at the entire symptom presentation, we will have to do a full lab testing groups, including antibodies and we must do a full evaluation of the neurotransmitter. Educate our patients and give them control without controlling them.
Dr. Jan Beckingham DC specializes in helping patients with chronic diseases, such as hypothyroid, Hashimoto, fibromyalgia, diabetes, dizziness, insomnia, Parkinson's disease, lupus, MS, autism, Asperger syndrome, add/ADHD, chronic pain and other autoimmune conditions. Dr. Jan Beckingham has two chronic condition in Glendale and West Los Angeles. He enjoys talking about all the health issues and often said. To schedule a free consultation, register for the webinar, find out more about Dr. Beckingham, clinic, or get free information, visit http://WestLAThyroidDoctor.com/or http://DrBeckingham.com/his email is DrBeckingham@gmail.com
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