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Hashimoto’s disease is an autoimmune condition in which your immune system mistakenly attacks this gland, reducing thyroid hormone production and symptoms that affect your whole body.
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis is a T-lymphocyte mediated attack on the thyroid gland. [15] T helper 1 cells trigger macrophages and cytotoxic lymphocytes to destroy thyroid follicular cells , while T helper 2 cells stimulate the excessive production of B cells and plasma cells which generate antibodies against the thyroid antigens , leading to ...
When a 2018 study compared the effects of olive oil, butter and coconut oil (also high in saturated fat) on cholesterol levels and other heart disease markers among healthy adults, the results ...
Health risks of alcohol consumption. A systematic analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease Study, which was an observational study, found that long-term consumption of any amount of alcohol is associated with an increased risk of death in all people, and that even moderate consumption appears to be risky. [42]
Hashimoto's encephalopathy, also known as steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT), is a neurological condition characterized by encephalopathy, thyroid autoimmunity, and good clinical response to corticosteroids. It is associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and was first
Butter is delicious, but excess consumption of it has come to be associated with potential health risks, such as high-cholesterol. Perhaps hoping to turn the food's image around, the Danish Dairy ...
Direct alcohol tolerance is largely dependent on body size. Large-bodied people will require more alcohol to reach insobriety than lightly built people. [4] The alcohol tolerance is also connected with activity of alcohol dehydrogenases (a group of enzymes responsible for the breakdown of alcohol) in the liver, and in the bloodstream.
But Solanski says people with certain medical conditions, such as cirrhosis, heart failure or arrhythmia, should avoid drinking. “In general for those who drink alcohol, the less they drink, the ...