An underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) is not uncommon in dogs, but it is rarely diagnosed in horses. The cause of hypothyroidism is usually an autoimmune disease (lymphocytic thyroiditis), which is similar to Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in humans and leads to chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland and, in the long run, to hypothyroidism.
The thyroid hormones influence the metabolism of most organs of the body. The reduction in thyroid hormones leads to a reduced metabolic rate. This leads to a reduction in heart rate, a lower body temperature and an impairment of physical performance and mental abilities.
In conventional medicine, in addition to a laboratory test and, if necessary, a stimulation test, an ultrasound examination is sometimes also performed.
Symptoms of hypothyroidism
- Poor coat
- Hair loss, dermatitis, seborrhoea
- Delayed coat change, change in hair colour
- Susceptibility to infections
- Pain in muscles and joints
- Oedema, myxoedema
- Increased need for sleep
- Indigestion (constipation)
- Weight gain without increased eating
- Listlessness, depressive moods, aggression or anxiety
- Performance
- Laminitis
- Enlarged thyroid gland
- Undertemperature, cold intolerance
- Miscarriages, reproductive disorders
- Increase in cholesterol, triglycerides
- Anaemia
- Occasionally eye diseases, diseases of the cardiovascular system and the nervous system
The symptoms are diverse and make it difficult to classify them at the beginning of the disease. This is why hypothyroidism, especially in horses, is often detected late or even discovered only by chance. Common dog breeds affected are Golden Retrievers and Dobermans.
Bioenergetic diagnostics
In bioenergetic diagnostics with the help of the CTT and STT test kits, we often find resonance with the following ampoules:
- CTT: Allergic strains: Wheat, Gluten, Yeast, Milk, Lactose, Salicylic Acid, Soy
- CTT viruses / fungi: Fungi: Candida, Aspergillus, moulds – mix. Fungi are often tested in combination with wheat, gluten, yeast etc.
- Viruses: often gammaherpesviruses (EBV), betaherpesviruses, HTLV1 (human T-lymphotropic virus l (=retrovirus)), enteroviruses (picornaviruses), caliciviruses, herpesviruses, parvoviruses, varicella zoster viruses
- CTT parasites/environmental loads: stressful information of parasites: worms 4 (intestines) (often in combination with milk and mould mix, salicylic acid), lamblia, toxoplasma
- Environmental loads such as geopathic pollution (water veins, radioactivity) and radiation pollution such as electrosmog, radar radiation, radio waves, etc., iodine, fluorine, chemical pollution (formaldehyde, fungicides, insecticides, pesticides, PCP, PCB)
- CTT bacteria: Chlamydia, intestinal bacteria (enterococci, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter, Campylobacter, Proteus etc.) Yersinia enterolytica
- CTT vaccinations, metals and miscellaneous: Heavy metal contamination: mercury, amalgam, lead, cadmium
- CTT hormones, organs, neurotransmitters, hereditary toxins: thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), thyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4), calcitonin, parathyroid hormone, pituitary gland, hypothalamus, thyroid gland, etc. Of course, other hormone ampoules or ampoules of endocrine organs can also resonate.
Of course, this list of common causes is incomplete and other ampoules and other combinations may also occur.
In general, we often find information about extracellular strains in combination such as allergic strains together with stressful information of fungi (e.g.: wheat, gluten and candida, etc.).
It is known from human medicine that the molecular structure of gluten is very similar to that of the thyroid gland, which leads to irritation of the immune system. If the antibodies mark gluten in order to break it down, they also stimulate the formation of antibodies against the thyroid gland due to their structural similarity. Therefore, every time gluten is ingested, the immune system also triggers an attack on the thyroid gland. This could also be a mechanism that plays a role in veterinary medicine. However, this has not yet been clearly clarified.
Please also consider stress levels, radiation exposure (see above), the special role of gammaherpes viruses (EBV).
In the diagnosis, possible drug triggers (e.g. amiodarone, acetylsalicylic acid, furosemide, glucocorticoids, etc.) should not be forgotten.
Due to the close connection of the thyroid gland with all other endocrine glands, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis always has an impact on the complete hormone balance.
Treatment proposal from the Akademie für Komplementär- und Informationsmedizin (AKI). Published by arrangement.
