Thyroid Part 1 of 5

Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.

I’m going to start a series of articles relating to the thyroid. I’ve always found endocrinology to be a difficult subject for me to comprehend even at a basic level. It takes a special doctor to be able to learn and remember all the functions of the body’s endocrine system. I am not that guy, but we can still take a closer look at the thyroid and learn some basic facts and how to apply them.

The thyroid is one of the largest endocrine glands in the body and has some impact on every cell in your body. The greatest job of the thyroid is regulating your metabolism and weight by controlling the fat burning process. The thyroid hormones are also necessary for growth and development in children and nearly every physiological process of the body. Too much or too little of these hormones can mean trouble for your overall health and well-being.

Frozen should and the Flu Vaccine

Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.

Since we are bombarded everyday with false information from the medical monopoly regarding the flu vaccines, I feel it is my duty to expose you to the data no one else will print.

What is the one side effect that every doctor will admit can occur when any vaccine is administered? My first thought was that they will never admit to anything adverse with vaccines, but then this one did come to mind. It’s actually an easy one, soreness at the sight of the injection, right?

For most people it’s as simple as being sore where a needle jabbed you, and it’s gone in a matter of days. But there can be another effect, lasting much longer and possibly leading to a frozen shoulder.

The condition is called (wait for it…) shoulder injury related to vaccine administration, or SIRVA. It has been known to occur for a long time, but the first cases were published in 2007, following influenza and pneumococcal injections.