My cat got sick and I had to consult a book "Dr. Pitcairn's New Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats." I came across a section that talks about hypothyroidism, and it mentions the use of hydrocortisone to treat skin allergies in dogs. It mentions that frequent use of it would result in hypothyroidism. Thankful for this insight brought upon by my cat's bout with a virus, from which she is still recovering from, I am reminded of one time when I was at a conventional vet, when I realized that vets employ treatments on our pets that would be equally applicable to humans, and more practical and less costly, which I would not find from our own human doctors.
Anyway, I have a bad case of keloids. A boil on my chest would heal and leave an ugly scar. It is bad that over the years, I have been to dermatologists who can only tell me that injections of hydrocortisone would be the only solution, and sometimes it would work, and sometimes it wouldn't. Over this period, I would have countless shots. I never thought of its side-effects until I read the book.
I think I'm paying the price now, as this realization is making me connect the dots to what ails me. I couldn't explain why I have an a very high blood pressure of 180/120, which is asymptomatic, where I function normally and have no headaches, and my immune system is strong such that I haven't had a fever for the past 16 years. But I think that my hypertension is linked to what I suspect is my hypothyroid condition. I wake up to 34.5 degrees C (94.1 F) and during the day it would go up only to 35.4 C (95.7 F). I have difficulty waking up, and also need coffee to keep my energy up often.
I used to run, and have great endurance after I had mercury detox 16 years ago, but have given up on it after my left knee started giving up on me. It may be that I would leap a lot, running up stairs as a habit and taking 4-5 steps at a time, creating stress on my knee. At least that is what I used to call payback for abuse, but now I am rethinking the cause of this as well. It could very well be that the pain is somewhat related to Hoffman's Syndrome, which from what I've read in Ray Peat's articles, is associated with bulging calves, which I have, and pain in the proximal joint, which is my knee. I'm not certain about this, but it is my hope I'm right, so I can get right to fixing my hypothyroidism, and get back to running again.
I've done a search on hydrocortisone on this forum, but have come up empty on mention of hydrocortisone use as causing hypothyroidism. Does anyone have some insights on this? Or some references to work with? Thanks.
Anyway, I have a bad case of keloids. A boil on my chest would heal and leave an ugly scar. It is bad that over the years, I have been to dermatologists who can only tell me that injections of hydrocortisone would be the only solution, and sometimes it would work, and sometimes it wouldn't. Over this period, I would have countless shots. I never thought of its side-effects until I read the book.
I think I'm paying the price now, as this realization is making me connect the dots to what ails me. I couldn't explain why I have an a very high blood pressure of 180/120, which is asymptomatic, where I function normally and have no headaches, and my immune system is strong such that I haven't had a fever for the past 16 years. But I think that my hypertension is linked to what I suspect is my hypothyroid condition. I wake up to 34.5 degrees C (94.1 F) and during the day it would go up only to 35.4 C (95.7 F). I have difficulty waking up, and also need coffee to keep my energy up often.
I used to run, and have great endurance after I had mercury detox 16 years ago, but have given up on it after my left knee started giving up on me. It may be that I would leap a lot, running up stairs as a habit and taking 4-5 steps at a time, creating stress on my knee. At least that is what I used to call payback for abuse, but now I am rethinking the cause of this as well. It could very well be that the pain is somewhat related to Hoffman's Syndrome, which from what I've read in Ray Peat's articles, is associated with bulging calves, which I have, and pain in the proximal joint, which is my knee. I'm not certain about this, but it is my hope I'm right, so I can get right to fixing my hypothyroidism, and get back to running again.
I've done a search on hydrocortisone on this forum, but have come up empty on mention of hydrocortisone use as causing hypothyroidism. Does anyone have some insights on this? Or some references to work with? Thanks.