Listen to your thyroid…

In February I wrote about thyroid problems and the relation to headaches and migraine.  I heard from someone that said that some doctors would not even talk about the connection.  This is a little bit disturbing, and rather strange.  At this point in time it should seem obvious that changes in body chemistry have the potential to trigger migraine symptoms in certain people.

Your thyroid is an important part of the endocrine system.  This system in the body is involved in sending chemical messages all over the body.  We know that somehow the body is getting wrong messages when migraine is triggered (as is mentioned right on the home page.  Hormones have been long linked to migraine.  Problems are apparent in some people who experience migraine changes with pregnancy, or with HRT (hormone replacement therapy).

All the cells in your body depend on the proper function of thyroid.  Thyroid hormones control the regulation of energy in your body.  The thing that we are slowly coming to terms with is that the body is a complex thing – everything effects everything else.  It will take a long time to understand how all these things influence migraine.  But it will help us understand if we listen to one another.  You just may hold an important key to the next break-through in migraine treatment!