Posts Tagged ‘thyroid’
|“I urge you to visit him [Dr. Nigh] – especially if you have an auto-immune complaint or a “mystery” problem.”
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
I was suffering from hyperthyroidism (and a few things I didn’t know about). When my regular physician wanted to kill off my thyroid with radioactive iodine in order to make me hypothyroid, because it was safer to take the medication for it than for hyperthyroidism, I thought I’d try a naturopath. Fortunately, a friend recommended Dr. Nigh.
Dr. Nigh diagnosed a number of physical complaints as related: they were all allergic reactions, including my thyroid troubles. He changed my diet, administered acupuncture, and also did several lab tests that narrowed down the allergies. By changing my diet, my thyroid levels changed to normal within three months — and have stayed that way, though it’s now three years later. This enabled me to get off hyperthyroid medication and one of the two blood pressure medications I was on. In addition to allergies, the lab tests revealed that I had roundworms and tapeworms (!), which were easily cured with medication, improving my overall health and digestion.
Dr. Nigh’s the best. He’s funny, humane, and very sharp. I urge you to visit him – especially if you have an auto-immune complaint or a “mystery” problem. Heck, he even helped me when I had a herniated disc.
-Benjamin Chambers
Tags: allergies, Dr. Greg Nigh, herniated disc, hyperthyroid, hypothyroid, iodine, Naturopathic medicine, thyroid
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Naturopathic Views on Mismanaged Thyroid Disease
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Listen to: Mismanaged Thyroid Podcast
In this podcast, Dr. Eckel and Dr. Nigh discuss some issues surrounding the mismanagement of thyroid disease. This disease is often misdiagnosed, and therefore mismanaged, leading to very frustrated patients that are left with no answers as to what is causing their ongoing symptoms. Find out how the doctors would approach treating a patient naturopathically, that was suffering with thyroid disease.
Tags: Alternative medicine, antidepressent, depression, Dr. Greg Eckel, Dr. Greg Nigh, Graves disease, Hashimotos disease, hyperthyroidism, Hypothyroidism, Naturopathic medicine, synthroid, T3, T4, thyroid, Thyroid function, TSH
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Naturopathic views on Mismanaged Health Care
Friday, April 10th, 2009
Listen to the Mismanaged Health Care Podcast
Dr. Eckel and Dr. Nigh share their thoughts on some of the more common health conditions they believe are mismanaged in medicine, such as diabetes, thyroid disease. They’ll tell you about a patient who is a good example of how the conventional world of medicine relies upon drugs to do the work in “fixing” her health condition. With the naturopathic approach, they will explain to you that the work should be done mostly by the patient. The approach that they outline will help you in eliminating your symptoms because you’re most likely to eliminate the cause of your disease!
Tags: Alternative medicine, Diabetes, Dr. Greg Eckel, Dr. Greg Nigh, drugs, Medications, Naturopathic medicine, prescriptions, thyroid
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“Instead of being bedridden and in pain, I am able to live an active healthy life”
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
I have had Multiple Sclerosis, Lupus and hypothyroidism for over 20 years. Although I had been doing fairly well, I had a severe MS flare in January 2009 that caused me to lose 6 weeks of work. I saw several conventional doctors, but my condition continued to worsen. I found Dr. Nigh through an internet search. I felt confident from my first visit because Dr. Nigh’s approach was so rational. Instead of stuffing me with pills, he ran more sensitive blood tests than I had ever had. He also suggested an elimination diet since MS patients often have “leaky gut” due to severe food allergies. I had been seeing doctors for thyroid medication for 35 years, but Dr. Nigh was the first to discover I had Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. This finally explained the extreme shifts in weight I had regularly experienced. Acupuncture and supplements slowed my symptoms. Once we had discovered the foods I was allergic to and eliminated them, my health rapidly improved. I’ve lost over 50 pounds, but more importantly, my thyroid is stable for the first time. Instead of being bedridden and in pain, I am able to live an active healthy life. I don’t think any of these dramatic improvements would be possible without Dr. Nigh’s expert assistance. In my opinion, he lives the Hippocratic Oath.
Lee Hager
Tags: Alternative medicine, Dr. Greg Nigh, Elimination diet, Food allergies, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, hippocratic oath, Hypothyroidism, lupus, MS, multiple sclerosis, Naturopathic medicine, thyroid, Weight loss
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The Naturopathic Approach to Infertility
Friday, July 27th, 2007
In this podcast, Portland naturopathic doctors, Dr. Andy Swanson and Dr. Greg Nigh discuss the medical political issues surrounding infertility. They’ll tell you how modern medicine would treat infertility, and then compare that to how naturopathic medicine would treat it.
Listen to The Naturopathic Approach to Infertility
Tags: alternative infertility treatment, Dr. Andy Swanson, Dr. Greg Nigh, egg count, fertility, Infertility, natural infertility treatment, naturopathic infertility treatment, sperm count, thyroid
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