About this Research Topic
Deregulation of the euthyroid status may lead to pathological conditions with varying degrees of severity. A reduced or increased thyroid activity is associated respectively with hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism scenarios and both cause alteration in the production of the thyroid hormones. Altered thyroid physiology sustains subclinical condition that could evolve into clinical disorders which often imply the necessity of a pharmacological therapy or, where necessary, surgery. Drugs adopted to treat thyroid pathology are nowadays increasingly associated with the administration of natural compounds and molecules able to improve the drug treatment. New emerging evidence demonstrates that natural compounds administered as dietary supplement can synergize the pharmaceutical therapy, actively reducing the symptoms and ameliorating the quality of life in the affected patients.
Dietary supplementation nowadays represent a valid option to treat different thyroid pathological conditions ensuring an effective preservation of the thyroid health in addition to or to delay drug treatments. The co-treatment of altered thyroid pathology with drugs and supplements could ameliorate the quality of life of patients, enhancing the normalization of the deregulated parameters, and improving the efficacy of the treatment. Evidence supporting the beneficial effects of these double treatments on the thyroid pathology outcomes and symptoms is an interesting research field.
Compelling observations also derive from the possible use of dietary supplementation to prevent severe thyroid pathology. Natural molecules and compounds administered in subclinical conditions could represent an effective therapy in order to avoid pharmacological treatments. Experimental data sustaining the eligibility of supplements in the improvement of thyroid alteration are increasingly outlining a new therapeutic approach for euthyroidism restoration.
The purpose of this article collection is to gather different papers and experimental works containing data retrieved from the use of natural compounds alone or in combination with other molecules/drugs in the treatment of thyroid pathologies both auto-immune and not auto-immune conditions.
• Reviews
• Clinical study
• Preclinical study
• In-vitro study
• Mini-review
• Case reports
Dietary supplementation nowadays represent a valid option to treat different thyroid pathological conditions ensuring an effective preservation of the thyroid health in addition to or to delay drug treatments. The co-treatment of altered thyroid pathology with drugs and supplements could ameliorate the quality of life of patients, enhancing the normalization of the deregulated parameters, and improving the efficacy of the treatment. Evidence supporting the beneficial effects of these double treatments on the thyroid pathology outcomes and symptoms is an interesting research field.
Compelling observations also derive from the possible use of dietary supplementation to prevent severe thyroid pathology. Natural molecules and compounds administered in subclinical conditions could represent an effective therapy in order to avoid pharmacological treatments. Experimental data sustaining the eligibility of supplements in the improvement of thyroid alteration are increasingly outlining a new therapeutic approach for euthyroidism restoration.
The purpose of this article collection is to gather different papers and experimental works containing data retrieved from the use of natural compounds alone or in combination with other molecules/drugs in the treatment of thyroid pathologies both auto-immune and not auto-immune conditions.
• Reviews
• Clinical study
• Preclinical study
• In-vitro study
• Mini-review
• Case reports
Keywords: Hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, dietary supplement, co-treatment, euthyroidism restoration
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