Euromedica 2011 E.V. Donchenko V.A. Kolosyuk autoimmune thyroiditis: treatment by methods of human ecological medicine"

E.V. Donchenko V.A. Kolosyuk	AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS: TREATMENT BY METHODS OF HUMAN ECOLOGICAL MEDICINE
	Clinic for Ecological Medicine, Saint-Petersburg, Russia; E-mail: klinika@d-med.org

Autoimmune thyroiditis (AT) is the most common thyroid disease. This disease does not present immediate danger to life. Most often slow development and progressing of hypotheriosis are noted. Diminished thyroid function provokes occurrence and progressing of atherosclerosis, signiﬁcantly deteriorates quality of life, decreases antitumor resistance. Less frequently the disease manifests by thyrotoxicosis with involvement of heart, nervous system. In traditional endocrinology there are no methods of AT treatment. Patients are observed and at diminishing of thyroid function replacement therapy is carried out using synthetic analogs of thyroid hormones. The patients are convinced that the diseases is incurable, as a genetic immune defect lies at its root. Indeed, the role of genetic predisposition to autoimmune reactions is undeniable. But those features of immune response might practically not manifest themselves. Distinctive features of the disease occur with chronic centers of infection, acute or chronic stress.

In the 2-year period (2009-2010) 187 AT patients underwent treatment at the Clinic for Ecological Medicine. The patients included 165 (88,8 %) of women and 22 (11,8 %) of men. The age of patients was in the range from 14 to 82 years, and in the average was 50,6 ±4,1. Duration of treatment of the patients was 1,5 - 8 months, in the average - 3,2 ± 1,1 m. Observation period was in the average 7,9 ± 1,6 months. At the moment of treatment beginning, most patients had latent or apparent hypotheriosis (table 1). Most often (96 or 51,3 %) hypertrophic AT was observed. Atrophic disease form was found in 23 (12,3 %), and 69 (36,4 %) of patients manifested the pseudonode option. 37 (19,8 %) patients against the background of AT revealed true nodes (colloid and adenomas). At the moment of treatment beginning 63 (33,7 %) of patients underwent replacement therapy with L-thyroxine preparations in the doses of 25 - 150 mg/day, 25 (13,4 %) patients underwent treatment with thyreostatic drugs.

Table 1. Functional condition of thyroid of examined patients

Thyroid function	Number of observations
	Abs.	%
Euthyroidism	26	13,9
Subclinical hypothyroidism	72	38,5
Clinical hypothyroidism	41	21,9
Thyrotoxicosis	48	25,7
Total	187	100,0

In all observations basic methods of endoecological rehabilitation were used – hyperthermic intestinal dialysis, visceral massage, injections of sodium thiosulphate. Hyperthermic intestinal dialysis with saline solutions and phytotea allowed to get out of system toxins and pathometabolism products, to restore acid-base balance and liver function, to remove excessive hormones at thyrotoxicosis. Detoxiﬁcation effect, restoration of functional activity of kidney and thyroid signiﬁcantly enhanced visceral massage method application. Solutions of sodium thiosulphate were prescribed for desensibilization and suppression of immune autoaggression. Treatment efﬁciency improved when using homeopathic composite preparations by inhalation or subcutaneous injections. In most cases the complex of treatment included isopathic sanum-therapy and treatment with fetal organopreparations.

As a result of this treatment within one month it was possible to achieve signiﬁcant improvement of well-being in all cases – clinical implications of hypotheriosis and thyrotoxicosis were managed, thyroid hormone levels were restored according to laboratory research. Restoration of normal indices of TTH and antithyrotropic antibodies took much longer. In all cases of thyrotoxicosis within one month it was possible to give up thyreostatic therapy. Approximately in 90 % of observed cases within one month the need in replacement therapy by levothyroxine was eliminated. However persistent and lasting remission was achieved using the whole complex of methods, in treatment of not less than 3 months.

Thus, autoimmune thyroiditis should not be considered as an incurable disease. Application of endoecological rehabilitation complex allows to achieve a positive subjective and objective effect in all observations. In absolute majority of observations a persistent and lasting effect can be achieved.