Dr. Kepal Patel

And so there's no right or wrong answer to this, honestly. It's a lot of it that just deals with what the patient feels best taking. But there are two camps. With the natural desiccated pig thyroid, it's hard to know exactly how much hormone you're taking in because it comes in granules. And you don't know exactly how much hormone is in each granule per se. So it's not as well kind of calibrated.

And that's why many of us don't feel comfortable giving it because I don't know how much you're actually getting.

And that's why many of us don't feel comfortable giving it because I don't know how much you're actually getting.

And that's why many of us don't feel comfortable giving it because I don't know how much you're actually getting.

But if the patients feel well and they like it and they're doing well, then I think most physicians are okay with it.

But if the patients feel well and they like it and they're doing well, then I think most physicians are okay with it.

But if the patients feel well and they like it and they're doing well, then I think most physicians are okay with it.

So yes, I mean, so it is part of the autoimmune response, but was the autoimmune response triggered by the virus? And the answer is probably yes. Viral pathogens in general have been known to trigger autoimmune responses. And Epstein-Barr has been one that's been written about and people have studied it. And there is some data to support that it can trigger an autoimmune thyroid response.

So yes, I mean, so it is part of the autoimmune response, but was the autoimmune response triggered by the virus? And the answer is probably yes. Viral pathogens in general have been known to trigger autoimmune responses. And Epstein-Barr has been one that's been written about and people have studied it. And there is some data to support that it can trigger an autoimmune thyroid response.

So yes, I mean, so it is part of the autoimmune response, but was the autoimmune response triggered by the virus? And the answer is probably yes. Viral pathogens in general have been known to trigger autoimmune responses. And Epstein-Barr has been one that's been written about and people have studied it. And there is some data to support that it can trigger an autoimmune thyroid response.

What's fascinating and what we're looking at right now here in our institution, we're actually looking at COVID. And we've actually seen probably close to a dozen patients now, some after they actually got COVID. So they're exposed to some form of COVID antigen that had hyperthyroidism, transient. Really? So one of our own medical students here actually ended up with hyperthyroidism after COVID.

What's fascinating and what we're looking at right now here in our institution, we're actually looking at COVID. And we've actually seen probably close to a dozen patients now, some after they actually got COVID. So they're exposed to some form of COVID antigen that had hyperthyroidism, transient. Really? So one of our own medical students here actually ended up with hyperthyroidism after COVID.

What's fascinating and what we're looking at right now here in our institution, we're actually looking at COVID. And we've actually seen probably close to a dozen patients now, some after they actually got COVID. So they're exposed to some form of COVID antigen that had hyperthyroidism, transient. Really? So one of our own medical students here actually ended up with hyperthyroidism after COVID.

Hyper.

Hyper.

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Yeah, because it triggered some form of autoimmune response that actually triggered the thyroid gland to make more hormone.

Yeah, because it triggered some form of autoimmune response that actually triggered the thyroid gland to make more hormone.

Yeah, because it triggered some form of autoimmune response that actually triggered the thyroid gland to make more hormone.

Exactly. One of the, you know, kind of theories out there, at least this is why women tend to be more prone to autoimmune disease. And it's a theory and nobody really knows for a fact, but there are some data to support environmental toxins, right? So some certain environmental toxins...