Thyroiditis

Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:

Selenium Supplement [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present. IMPORTANT: Selenium is toxic in high doses. Massive overdoses can cause kidney failure, breathing difficulty and death. Selenium should only be taken at healthy levels which the body is able to tolerate.

Recommendation: No recommendation(Available evidene does not support claims that selenium helps to prevent or treat any thyroid conditions)

Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence

Black Walnut (Juglans Nigra):

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as a weak supportive symptomatic support, and even then, has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.

Recommendation: weakly against (Available evidence does not support claims that Black Walnut helps to treat thyroiditis)

Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence

* www.gradeworkinggroup.org

Summary References

Treatments:

1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009

2. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/selenium?sitearea=ETO

3. http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/doc.aspx?viewid=ED8AD8E8-6AE5-458D-8091-393F4CB73F0D

4. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-selenium.html

5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9290116

6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9829869

7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10335455

8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2136228

9. http://www.springerlink.com/content/v0r644v4ju5153k2/

10. http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/101/5/283

 

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