Hypothyroidism in Childhood and Adulthood

A personal perspective and scientific standpoint

 By C Phillips and D Roach

Published by Nottingham University Press

The authors of this book are identical twin sisters who both suffered from hypothyroidism during childhood and again during adulthood (as a result of reduction in their treatment).  As both have a Bachelor of Science degree, they have documented their experiences from a personal perspective and looked scientifically into the effects of their varying treatment on medical parameters and on their symptoms.

                                      2006 Paperback 92pp. ISBN 1-904761-36-4

£13.50 (plus p&p)

Contents

Glossary * Hypothyroidism from a personal perspective * The evaluation of changes in thyroxine (T4) dose by objective and subjective means in adult identical twin sisters who have been treated for hypothyroidism since childhood * The evaluation of a thyroxine (T4) dose increase * The evaluation of tri-iodothyronine (T3) inclusion with thyroxine (T4) treatment * The evaluation of increases in tri-iodothyronine  (T3) and decreases in thyroxine (T4) treatment * The evaluation of increases in natural desiccated thyroid (NDT) treatment (porcine derived) and decreases in tri-iodothyronine (T3) treatment * Reflections * Appendices