Does Low Thyroid Cause Obesity or is it the Other Way Around?

Many people think that when they start gaining weight, it just might be a thyroid issue, but that isn’t so.  There are more than 99 reasons why obese people can develop a thyroid issue just as well as a thyroid that isn’t functioning can cause obesity. 

Research shows that more than 100 different chemicals reside in one single fat cell, and only 1 of the chemicals is good.  That means that all the inflammatory mediators released from one single fat cell causes havoc amongst the metabolic processes in the body—including the thyroid metabolism.

It is essential that if you are obese, that your thyroid be checked to see if you may need thyroid hormone.  It is just as well to continue to diet and exercise to get rid of those extra fat cells that cause havoc to metabolic processes all over the body.

Even Subclinical Hypothyroidism should be treated to improve thyroid metabolism. 

Flu update:

This Flu season is the one of the worst ever with the CDC claiming 18 states in epidemic levels.  There has been a 10-fold increase in the number of flu victims this time compared to last year. 

Although the Flu vaccine is 70% efficacious, it is essential and ethical for you to get your flu shot, not just for yourself, but to protect your family and your community. 

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Can I get the Flu from the Flu shot?

 This is a very common question I get during flu season.  It is a serious question from the patients who ask, and it is a main deterrent in the fight against the flu.  If you think the West Nile is scary, the Influenza virus kills up to 30,000 people annually.

To put minds at ease, it is impossible to catch the flu from the flu shot. There are no living organisms in the vaccination.  The dead virus particles cannot cause a disease. 

What some people might feel when they get the vaccine is possibly a reaction. And by reaction that means the immune system responding by building antibodies against the flu particles.  When the Immune system is in hyper drive, sometimes people can fill ill, but the large majority of reactions from the flu vaccines are smaller reactions.

Some people get a localized reaction and their arms are painful where they received the vaccine.  When I got the shot last year I felt sore for 3 months.  However, it is possible to still catch the flu even if you had the flu vaccination.  If this happens usually it is a mild flu illness.  This happened to me 2 years ago.

Finally, it is impossible to catch the flu from the flu shot, and because this year's flu is vicious, it is more important than ever to get the vaccine.  It is not even peak season and we're seeing very high numbers of influenza like illness as well as positive flu numbers in the ER and clinics in this area.

In fact Texas is one of the highest number of positive flu like illnesses and flu positives in the nation. 

So my all means please get your new flu vaccine as soon as possible if you haven't received it already.