constipation

23 yo F with Constipation, nausea, bloating, insomnia & cramps

Female, 23. Constipation, nausea, bloating, insomnia & cramps. Wants to re-gain a balanced diet after a 2 year period of over exercising and “starving” herself. She is working with a therapist who referred her to me as she is ready to start to learn about a healthy diet. She has…

45 yo F with long term constipation, low energy, difficulty losing weight

45 year old woman, thyroxine 4 years, long term constipation, low energy, difficulty losing weight Test results: ASI – am 16.1, noon 3.2 (low), pm 4.1, night 0.7 (low). Total cortisol 24.1 (21-41). DHEA am 0.38, pm 0.15 (low) Thyroid. – T3, reverse T3 and all T4 fine. TSH 0.75…

IBS and severe constipation

Hi. I have a potential client who is a body builder and therefore has high protein diet. He suffers from IBS and severe constipation but does not want to reduce his protein supplements. Is it possible to resolve his constipation do you think if he maintains this level of protein?…

40 yo F with PMS, constipation, acne and candida

Hi, please could you help. I have a client with a thyroid imbalance and anaemia. Female aged 40, with a history of PMS, constipation, acne and candida symptoms – all cleared up with nutritional advice. More recently developed hypo thyroid condition, T4 1.1, TSH 7.5 with thyroid antibodies present, and…

43 yo F with weight loss

Female 43. Initially consulted for weight loss. Despite following low GL diet religiously, no lighter. Constipation and energy slumps, cold all the time. Investigated IgG foods + adrenal/thyroid. Avoided all positive IgG foods for more than 3 months. Adrenal-Thyroid profile showed all cortisol samples low. DHEA mean on the low…

3 yo F with constipation/IBS

30year old lady who had gallbladder removed 4 months ago. Main symptom constipation/IBS. She was on a very low fibre, high sugar diet. We have looked at removing gluten, reducing refined sugars and increasing soluble fibre but this has lead to bloating and severe cramping in her RHS. She is…

TSH

Hi, I have a patient with TSH of 4.32 and Free T4 of 15.8. I understand that the TSH is too high but the free T4 seems to be within range so would this suggest impaired conversion of T4 to T3? Her Ferritin is 103ng/m which appears to be within…