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Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

Michael Friedman, ND

Executive Director Association for the Advancement of Restorative Medicine Financial Disclosure:Owner and Science officer of Restorative Formulations

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Thyroid Prevalence

Diseases of the thyroid are not common in medical practice 1967

13 million nationally may have undiagnosed abnormal thyroid function in 1995

11.7% abnormal TSH* 20 million 2017

*Canaris GJ, Manowitz, NR, Mayor G, Ridgway EC.The Colorado Thyroid Disease Prevalence Study.Arch Intern Med. 2000;160:526-534

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Autoimmunity

Steady increase in the incidence and prevalence of autoimmunity worldwide.

Rate of increase (% increase every year) globally ? 19.1? 43.1.*

*Lerner,A. , Jeremias, P. , & Matthias,T. (2015).TheWorld Incidence and Prevalence of Autoimmune Diseases is Increasing. International Journal of Celiac Disease, 3(4), 151-155

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