What Causes Hyperthyroidism?

Hyperthyroidism is a disorder of metabolism that results the thyroid gland to abnormally produce high thyroxin. Due to this disorder in the functioning of metabolism, the patient reduces weight and usually sweats and trembles. Hyperthyroidism patient, in some cases, may have goitre.

What causes Hyperthyroidism?

Following are the various causes of hyperthyroidism -

1. Thyroid gland tumors
2. Excess consumption of iodine
3. Excess thyroid stimulating hormone secretion
4. Pituitary gland tumors
5. Poor eating habits
6. Testies and ovaries tumor
7. Thyroid inflammation, also called as thyroiditis
8. Toxic goiter
9. Graves disease
10. Infertility
11. Redness or bulging of eyes

Symptoms of Hyperthyroidism

1. Frequent bowel movement
2. Excessive or abnormally high hunger
3. Heat intolerance
4. Nervousness
5. Lack of concentration
6. Irregularity in menstruation
7. Excessive weight loss
8. Sleeplessness
9. Fatigue
10. Abnormally high sweating
11. Extremities of tumors

Hyperthyoiridism treatment

Ayurveda finds the exact cause of this disease. The disorderr of digestive system blocks body’s minute channels that results in imbalanced thyroid gland functioning.

Hyperthyroidism features deranged doshas, pitta and vata. The weakened and damaged pitta and vayu penetrate into these channels and body systems, hence the symptoms. These deranged doshas result in the excessive stimulation of enzymes and acids leading to abnormal hunger.

The disease characterizes vayu having light, changing, and unstable behaviour. Increase in the un-stability and dynamics of vayu leads to extreme tremors, nervousness, sleeplessness, disorder in menstruation, frequent bowel and lack in concentration.

Vayu experiences increase in the lightness, making the body lose weight. Diving into the basic nature of Pitta which is hot, the hyperthyroidism patient sweats abnormally high and becomes heat intolerable.

The first and the foremost Ayurvedic Hyperthyroidism treatment is to clean the body channels to balance and restore body energies for a healthy thyroxin production and circulation.

Advice from Ayurveda for your Lifestyle and food habits

Ayurvedic Hyperthyroidism treatment recommends the following -

1. Include fresh fruits such as banana and melon in your eating habits.
2. Eat dry fruits like walnuts and dates for maintaining healthy pitta and vata.
3. Intake sufficient amount of dairy products such as the pure ghee, milk, and various other milk products.
4. Incorporate healthy regimen by doing yoga, meditation, and pranayam to calm the escalated pitta and vata.

Eat plenty of green vegetables such as kale, mustard greens, cabbage, broccoli, pears, peach, spinach, soybeans, and turnips to suppress the production of thyroid hormone. As the disease is prominent in reducing the immunity, berries such as raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries provide the vitamin C and various other antioxidants to help the body fall prey to infections and sickness.