The Rip Van Wrinkler, Volume XIV, Issue 3, August 2009
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Rather amazing development with Hank's deafness..........(deafness & hypothyroidism) by Cheryl Silver Okay--stick with me here. Hank is 12 1/2 and has had Fanconi Syndrome since the month of his 4th Hank About a year ago I realized that he was going deaf and soon it was clear Well, a couple of weeks ago I went to a seminar by Dr. Jean Dodds that I took the opportunity to ask a thyroid question because one of my dogs Well, I started doing that and by the end of the first week, Mr. Hank So--I will continue doing what I am doing and hope for improvements. Per Dr. Dodds, the active ingredient in your dog's thyroid meds gets bound up by soy and calcium reducing effectiveness, therefore, she recommends peanut butter which is low in calcium. Anne MacMillan Cheryl Silver in Austin,TX "Hi Cheryl, In her late 60's and early 70's, my grandmother gradually lost her hearing. An audiologist diagnosed her with severe sensorineural hearing loss. That's the sort of hearing loss that is attributed to nerve damage and it is generally regarded as permanent. She had hearing aids but even with her hearing aids, she couldn't hear very well. We always had to shout at her. One day, she had a doctor's appt for a sore knee. Her regular doctor was off and she saw a different one who didn't know her. He took one look at her and ordered blood tests because she had all the textbook symptoms of low thyroid. So she finds out she has severe hypothyroidism and starts medication. (She was later told by her doctor that he couldn't believe she could get around and function at all with such low thyroid.) In a short period of time after taking meds, she realized that she no longer needed her hearing aids. She called our family on the phone and said she was talking without her hearing aids. It was hard to believe. Family who live in the same town as her confirmed that it was like a miracle. Her doctor thought she was a little nutty because he didn't realize there was a connection with low thyroid and hearing loss. This was 1991 and I asked my audiologist coworker who shared an office with me about it. She didn't know about it and very skeptical. So I went to the library and did research and found one little isolated research article about a couple cases of reversible sensorineural hearing loss after thyroid treatment. I mailed a copy to my grandmother who took it to her unbelieving doctor! Not sure if this has become common information now or not. In Hank's case, it's particularly AMAZING about how much more effective those meds are when taken with PB instead of dairy products. That's something all vets should know and tell their clients about administering those meds! Jenny" by Marj Baker I don't know why peanut butter is ok with thyroid piling? Peanuts are goitrogenic which interfer with thyroid production and absorbtion because they block the absorbtion of iodine. Peanut butter would be no better than cheese. I would think a very small amount of meat or fish would be a better wrap for a thyroid pill. Actually the stomach should be empty so the pill can be absorbed and nothing afterward for an hour or two. With humans who have hypothyroid ( I do), goitrogenic phylochemicals restricts iodine which is essential to the thyroid. Diary products, soy, pine nuts peanuts, beans, oats, rye, flax, vegetable such as cabbage, corn, broccoli, turnips, mustard greens, kale and spinach if uncooked as well as fruits such as strawberries, peaches and pears are goitogens. Most Basenjis don't often eat any of these however, oats dairy and soy are often found in dog foods. High fiber is good for hypothyroid humans. So what's up with peanut butter? We should ask Dr. Dodds why she suggest it. {Ed. - I suggested Marj do that & report back} About using peanuts, etc. by Karen P. Christensen First glance, two factors occur to me that this is not a problem: first, that the amount of peanut butter being administered is pretty tiny, probably 1/4 teaspoon, and thus unlikely to be a significant factor in iodine absorption and second, that in a hypothyroid dog being supplemented with levothyroxine, no iodine absorption is required. Levothyroxine (T4) is tetraiodothyroxine, already The same should hold true for humans receiving a levothyroxine (Synthroid) or liothyronine (Cytomel) replacement for T4 or T3 -- to the extent that the supplement replaces all of the thyroid function. If there is still some endogenous thyroid hormone production, that could be affected by those foods, but if the dose is replacing all endogenous thyroid hormone including goitrogens Marj Baker - Jean Dodds' answer to my question about peanut butter: Dear Marj: Kim McNeill's suggestion:
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