Hyperthyroidism

By: Jean-Paul (JP) Damien Mathiot

- Hyperthyroidism

- The Thyroid Gland

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The Thyroid: Keeper of Metabolic Flame

Deep within the throat lies an ancient organ of the Endoderm, a gland forged in the earliest biological ages: the Thyroid.

Its purpose? To regulate the tempo of life. To accelerate or decelerate the inner fire so that the organism may grab or spit out the all-important morsel, whether real, symbolic, emotional, or territorial.

But unlike most glands, the thyroid stands at the crossroads of two separate control centres of the brain:

1. The Pons of the Brainstem, The Secretory Core

The secretory part of the thyroid, its follicles (thyroid vesicles), are governed by the pons.

These follicles, acinar structures, produce T3 and T4, with T3 being the swiftest, sharpest blade of metabolic action.

 2. The Cerebral Cortex, The Archaic Thyroid Ducts

Parallel to the rectum and positioned on the right side of the throat exist the archaic thyroid ducts, remnants of a primal biological strategy. These ducts fall under the command of the cerebral cortex.

These responds to a frontal fear and no control.

Dual Nerve Presence

Each thyroid lobe also receives innervation echoing the primordial act of:

- Grabbing the morsel

- Spitting out the morsel

The thyroid is not simply a gland, it is a weapon of speed, a biological accelerator designed for moments when hesitation means loss.

The Biological Conflict Behind Hyperthyroidism

At the root of hyperthyroidism is a time-pressure conflict:

“I must grab the morsel faster!”

Or

“I must spit it out fast enough!”

Whether the morsel is:

- an opportunity

- a resource

- a decision

- a threat

- or a piece of information

…the body perceives urgency, and the thyroid responds with intense metabolic acceleration.

CA Phase (Conflict-Active Phase)

When the conflict is active, the body ignites:

- Cell proliferation in the thyroid follicles (cauliflower-like expansion)

- Elevated T3 and T4

- Low TSH (because the body is already accelerating)

Symptoms in the CA Phase

- Weight loss

- Nervousness

- High sympathetic (stress) hormones

- Thyrotoxicosis

- Warm or hot nodules on ultrasound (Follicular thyroid “adenocarcinoma” in GNM terms, 25% of thyroid cancers by conventional naming)

These “hot nodules” simply reflect a gland in overdrive, not random pathology.

Cold nodules appear in PCL-B, when thyroxine output has normalized and secretion has slowed.

 Biological Meaning

To speed up the individual so they can either seize or expel the morsel quickly enough.

This is not a mistake.

It is adaptive evolution playing out in real time.

 PCL Phase (Healing Phase) =

Once the conflict resolves:

- Cell proliferation stops

- TB mycobacteria may become active (night sweats)

- Thyroid hormone levels normalize

But if no TB bacteria are present, the thyroid remains hyperactive, setting the stage for what modern medicine calls:

Graves–Basedow Disease, The Hyperthyroid Storm.

Graves Disease is essentially an intensified hyperthyroid state without the microbial decomposers (TB) to dismantle extra thyroid tissue.

Thus, the organ continues to roar with metabolic fire.

Symptoms

- Fierce anxiety

- Tremors

- Visible goitre

- Heat intolerance

- Profuse perspiration

- Frequent bowel movements

- Bulging eyes (Graves’ ophthalmopathy)

- Fatigue

- Rapid or irregular heartbeat

- Sleep disruption

- Weight loss

- Red, thickened skin on shins/feet (Graves’ dermopathy)

Graves’ disease, through swelling behind the eyes, can create pressure that results in double vision, another nod to the deep biological tie between seeing the morsel and acting on it.

 In Summary

Hyperthyroidism is not malfunction.

It is biological overdrive, the body’s ancient strategy to ensure survival when speed is the difference between gain and loss.

When the conflict is active - thyroid accelerates.

- When the conflict resolves - tissue is decomposed (if microbes present) or persists (if absent).

- Graves emerges when the hyperfunction remains unresolved microbially.

The thyroid burns hotter because life demands speed, and the organism answers.