Hi everyone. I have a question, perhaps no one will know the answer, but I've seen similar problems on the forum, so maybe someone will be able to answer from their own experience.
My wife is currently pregnant. She has had a long-standing problem with reflux. Since her youth, she has had very cold hands. My wife has PCOS - quite a few cysts in her breasts. Before pregnancy, her Homa-ir index was 1.4. During pregnancy, it dropped to 0.5, so we suspect hypoglycemia and are currently testing her glucose levels with blood glucose meter. During pregnancy, the number of nodules increased. We did an ultrasound of the thyroid gland and its total volume is 8.2 units. The thyroid looked fine on the scan, but one area that looks like a potential nodular change worried the doctor - it is to be monitored further. The thyroid tests came back normal, but unfortunately the anti-TPO was 9 units - the laboratory norm was 5.8.
According to a doctor from Poland, Tadeusz Oleszczuk Kontakt - Konsultacje online i stacjonarne | Dr Tadeusz Oleszczuk, all these symptoms are indicators of slow thyroid atrophy and require treatment. The problem is that even though the symptoms match, it is difficult to find a specialist who would take care of this, and Dr. Oleszczuk himself sounds mysterious to me - he says that this is a very neglected problem and publishes books to “educate” patients, on the other hand, he has not opened any clinics or trained any staff, even though he claims to have a huge workload and therefore cannot accept new patients. So far, my wife has been on the right diet for a long time, and the thyroid tests, etc., were those recommended by Dr. Oleszczuk in his publications.
According to Dr. Oleszczuk, the thyroid volume in women with PCOS should be above 12 units; if it is less, it should be considered that the thyroid is slowly disappearing due to a latent disease similar to Hashimoto's. A reduced thyroid does not function well, hence the increased number of cysts in the body.
So far, the specialists we have seen have said that they do not have enough knowledge to say whether this is a problem that needs to be treated - in their opinion, it is fine and we need to wait - while Dr. Oleszczuk claims that waiting makes the situation worse. Do you have any thoughts on this? Maybe some tips or recommended doctors? We are also wondering whether she should continue taking the iodine recommended during pregnancy.
The sad thing is that we really want to take care of our health, but despite looking for recommended specialists and spending a lot of money, in the end, based on our experience, artificial intelligence diagnoses my wife best - then we go to a specialist and say, for example, “Hey, maybe it was H. pylori.” “Actually, that could be it, I'll prescribe some medication.” “Oh, you again? Did the medication help, are the symptoms gone? I'm so glad.” We feel that if artificial intelligence were given the ability to write prescriptions, it would be better than half of the doctors in Poland.
Thank you for any answers and sorry for the trouble.
My wife is currently pregnant. She has had a long-standing problem with reflux. Since her youth, she has had very cold hands. My wife has PCOS - quite a few cysts in her breasts. Before pregnancy, her Homa-ir index was 1.4. During pregnancy, it dropped to 0.5, so we suspect hypoglycemia and are currently testing her glucose levels with blood glucose meter. During pregnancy, the number of nodules increased. We did an ultrasound of the thyroid gland and its total volume is 8.2 units. The thyroid looked fine on the scan, but one area that looks like a potential nodular change worried the doctor - it is to be monitored further. The thyroid tests came back normal, but unfortunately the anti-TPO was 9 units - the laboratory norm was 5.8.
According to a doctor from Poland, Tadeusz Oleszczuk Kontakt - Konsultacje online i stacjonarne | Dr Tadeusz Oleszczuk, all these symptoms are indicators of slow thyroid atrophy and require treatment. The problem is that even though the symptoms match, it is difficult to find a specialist who would take care of this, and Dr. Oleszczuk himself sounds mysterious to me - he says that this is a very neglected problem and publishes books to “educate” patients, on the other hand, he has not opened any clinics or trained any staff, even though he claims to have a huge workload and therefore cannot accept new patients. So far, my wife has been on the right diet for a long time, and the thyroid tests, etc., were those recommended by Dr. Oleszczuk in his publications.
According to Dr. Oleszczuk, the thyroid volume in women with PCOS should be above 12 units; if it is less, it should be considered that the thyroid is slowly disappearing due to a latent disease similar to Hashimoto's. A reduced thyroid does not function well, hence the increased number of cysts in the body.
So far, the specialists we have seen have said that they do not have enough knowledge to say whether this is a problem that needs to be treated - in their opinion, it is fine and we need to wait - while Dr. Oleszczuk claims that waiting makes the situation worse. Do you have any thoughts on this? Maybe some tips or recommended doctors? We are also wondering whether she should continue taking the iodine recommended during pregnancy.
The sad thing is that we really want to take care of our health, but despite looking for recommended specialists and spending a lot of money, in the end, based on our experience, artificial intelligence diagnoses my wife best - then we go to a specialist and say, for example, “Hey, maybe it was H. pylori.” “Actually, that could be it, I'll prescribe some medication.” “Oh, you again? Did the medication help, are the symptoms gone? I'm so glad.” We feel that if artificial intelligence were given the ability to write prescriptions, it would be better than half of the doctors in Poland.
Thank you for any answers and sorry for the trouble.
