Case report: Acupuncture treatment in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

Over 90% of the thyroid cases are caused by conditions that have an autoimmune nature. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is presented as progressive and lifelong autoimmune disease, starting subtly and usually developing slow and long before the patient is diagnosed. Patients diagnosed with hypothyroidism are twice at risk more possible to develop heart diseases like high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Acupuncture as part of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)) has potential therapeutic value in the treatment of Hashimoto's thyroiditis. The treatment can improve the clinical symptoms and manifestations of the disease, improve the immune system, stimulate the nervous system, balance the Qi energy and unblock the Blood circulation in the body. In the research is presented a case of a 58 year old woman diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis two and half months before starting the acupuncture treatments. The patient has done 25 treatments in a period of 8 months. After the 10th therapy the Eutirox dose was decreased from 0.50mg to 0.25mg. Although sometimes it takes more time to achieve a positive results, the effort always pays off because in this way acupuncture treatments allow the body to heal itself at its own pace. The goal of the treatment is always to restore good health, normalize hormones and restore normal thyroid activity.