The Thyroid-ED Connection: What You Need to Know

What is the relationship between thyroid hormone and ed?

Stay tuned to find out.

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In today's episode, I'm going to talk about the relationship between thyroid hormone and ed.

Let's dive right in.

So you hear about thyroid. The thyroid gland is the gland that.

Sits right here underneath your Adam's apple. Right here.

It looks like a butterfly and it.

Wrap around right here.

And sometime when you have a goiter, which mean it enlarges, you can see like a little kind of like a ball or cyst that's on the neck here that bulges out. And sometimes that could be a sign of hyperthyroid, but it could also be a sign of hypothyroid. And hypo and hyperthyroid are these kind of generalized symptoms. So let's go over some of the symptoms of what thyroid is. So when you have high bow thyroid, you have feeling tired all the time, cold a lot of time, constipation, depression, thinning hair, muscle ache, pain or weakness, weight gain, brain fog, dry skin. And those are the main symptoms that you may feel. But it could also be a sign that you, you're in menopause. It could be also a sign that you're stressed, you're not sleeping well as well too. So sometimes it could be hard to.

Pick up the good part.

You can pick it up in a blood test. These are the signs of hyperthyroidism or too much thyroid hormone is feeling tired all the time, which is the same thing as hypothyroid, and then also feeling too warm a lot of time and you're hot. Frequent bowel movement, mood changes such as nervous, anxious or even depressed. Thinning hair, weight loss, which is different than hypothyroid, which is weight gain, difficulty sleeping as well as thin skin. What we found out is that hypothyroid is related to ed. That's because when you have hypothyroid, your pituitary gland will produce tsh, which is thyroid stimulating hormone. Because you have low thyroid, that thh is high. So that way it can make your thyroid hormone produce more Thyroid hormone. But because THH may be high, it reduces lh, which is luteinizing hormone. LH is responsible for testosterone production in the testicles. They kind of go in opposite direction. So you have low testosterone, you have high bothyroid. In addition, when you have high thyroid concentration, it causes more endothelial dysfunction. Now, and the picture here again, the endothelium is the lining of your blood vessels. And when you have endothelial dysfunction, it means that endothelium is no longer making nitrous oxide. We keep getting back to nitrous oxide. In the last episode, I talked about diabetes and it's affecting endothelium with less production of nitrous oxide.

Same thing here.

High TSH causes endothelial dysfunction, which is not producing the nitrous oxide. It's well known that nitrous oxide open up smooth muscle of the penis and also the blood vessel to allow more blood flow. And that's one of the causes of how thyroid can cause ed. But also know that thyroid hormone also work on the penis as well too, because in the corpus cavernosum, which is the penis muscle, it also has receptors for thyroid hormone in there. So you have low thyroid, the receptors are not as responsive. But the good news is that you can supplement thyroid hormone with L thyroxine or thyroid hormone, depending upon what the blood work shows. Normally you would look at blood work of TSH. You will look at T4, T3, T3 is the active hormone, T4 is the precursor, and then reverse T3, which is the one that is inflammatory and that kind of the one that usurp away your active thyroid, which is T3, and that you can easily supplement with L thyroxine or natural thyroid or any of the commercial thyroid medication. And then you monitor your thyroid level through blood work. It is easily detected. The symptoms are a little bit ambiguous sometimes, but it is related to ed. So I recommend that if you have ed, get blood work like I discussed about in the previous episode. And I recommend you need to get your thyroid check if you have ed. So the bottom line is, guys, you have ed. Get blood work done.

It's simple.

You need to look at your thyroid, you need to look at your testosterone level, you need to look at your sex hormone binding globulin. You need to look at your liver, your kidneys, your cholesterol screen to see if you may have diabetes or not. You may even have anemia. And also look at your inflammatory markers. All these are easily accessible and in fact, you can even order some of this blood work online as well. I have some blood work that you can order at Amazon actually and they get shipped to your home and just do a little finger stick and get sent to the lab. Or you can even get the blood work done through LabCorp or Quest. Your doctor can order those. I believe in some state you can even go get the blood work yourself. I don't know if you get a blood work yourself, the insurance will cover it. But check with your insurance carrier. Now know that some of the blood work that I recommend, insurance does not see a medical necessity for that. Some of the blood work may not be covered. So check with your insurance carrier as well as the lab that you go to. They will tell you as well. But regardless, you can even do kit at home, get your blood work done. Because there are so many conditions that can be reversed if you address it appropriately. And do this first before you start spending the money on trying this new supplements or this new gadget or this wonder herb or something like that. Because on the end it's about what you eat, your exercise level, what you do with your lifestyle. It counts a lot. And I see my patients and prospects that oh, what about this? Can I try this? Can I try the herb is from India or can I try this supplement from Asia? Before you do all that, get your blood work done, evaluate what's going on. Change your diet. Are you eating more vegetables? Are you eating crunchy vegetables? And cut down the sodas. Cut down the bad carb, the bad carbs of the pastries, the donut, the french fries, the sodas. I'm sorry, but the hamburgers, the red meat are inflammatory.

Just take some small steps like that.

First and you can see a rise in your energy, your focus, and even probably morning wood as well too. Having said that, you don't have to.

Live with ED and that you can.

Attain an ED free life. I love to hear from you.

I would appreciate it if you like, subscribe and comment.

I'll read those comments and I will see you in the next episode. Hello there.

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