Re: possibly OT: "hypothyroid" baby update

Warthog, a little "jaundiced"(in your case) can absolutely be a sign of hypothyroid as beta carotene cannot be converted to vitamin A without sufficient thyroid hormone, hence the yellowish tinge to the skin. And, frequent ear and other infections in childhood is also a sign of hypothyroidism. So I'll bet that you WERE hypo at one point(or, for quite a while). You're not alone there, BTW, I had eczema as a child, that's ALSO a sign of hypo.

About the teeth? Well that's good news, sounds as though they are coming in right on time and hypothyroid children's dentition is usually delayed. The yellowing is a bit worrisome, since it's just on the bottom, perhaps he's building up plaque...? That's where we adults usually build up plaque...

T's right, could be Antibiotics ...?

Here's a chart that shows when teeth erupt, when enamel is formed, etc. perhaps you can pinpoint something that happened in the timeframe in which the bottom teeths' enamel was formed:

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1076389-overview


oh! here ya go...were they adjusting his medication?:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract...


Congenital hypothyroidism and changes in the enamel of deciduous teeth.

"Deciduous teeth from children with congenital hypothyroidism were collected and ground sections were prepared. The sections were analysed by means of polarized light and microradiography. The enamel in ground sections of deciduous teeth from children with congenital hypothyroidism showed an increase in areas with elevated pore volume distribution in both the pre- and postnatal enamel. The findings suggest that thyroid hormone influences enamel maturation. Further, alterations in enamel structure, presumably due to prenatal thyroid deficiency, were found to be more common among children with neurological abnormalities at the age of 7 to 9 years."

Trapper's right, you need to read(and listen to) Dr. Mark Starr. Here's a link to some audios:

//www.curezone.org/ig/f.asp?f=1723


:) love to you and your lovely family, my dear:)

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