A symptom of low body temperature
Infertility
Thyroid gland function is well known to be one of the first things checked in a patient with a history of infertility. Unfortunately, normal thyroid gland function does not always correlate with normal thyroid system function. If DTSF can be present even when thyroid blood tests are normal (and it can), then it is easy to understand how infertility can be aggravated by Wilson’s Temperature Syndrome. One unfortunate patient had finally been able to conceive for the first time, after years of trying, when she was started on thyroid hormone supplementation. Sadly, she miscarried shortly after she switched doctors, and her new OB/GYN doctor discontinued her thyroid medication because he felt that it was not necessary based on her blood tests. Of course, her miscarriage may have had nothing to do with stopping the thyroid medication, but the patient understandably suspected such. With proper thyroid hormone supplementation her symptoms of DTSF once again resolved and she was able to conceive again. This time her thyroid hormone supplementation was maintained throughout her pregnancy and, of course, she was delighted when she gave birth to her first baby.
From the book — how this is usually treated
Fertility Drugs
It is well known that one of the first things that should be checked in a patient being treated for infertility is their thyroid function. Unfortunately, too much attention is often focused on the thyroid gland rather than the thyroid system. The possibility of decreased thyroid system function is often dismissed if thyroid hormone blood tests are normal even in the face of classic DTSF symptoms. Sometimes fertility drugs can even worsen the situation in Wilson's Temperature Syndrome, causing initiation or worsening of the symptoms of Wilson's Temperature Syndrome; sometimes, with the symptoms remaining persistently worse even after the fertility medicine has been discontinued. Quite a few patients I have treated have conceived easily when they had previously had difficulty getting pregnant. Of course, Wilson's Temperature Syndrome patients often have a history of one or more miscarriages. Proper thyroid hormone treatment is sometimes necessary to enable these patients to conceive and maintain a pregnancy.
In their own words
“For years Gynecologists have treated infertility empirically with T3 when failures occurred.”
— Multiple doctors · read more stories
Dr. Wilson on this symptom
Could Infertility Challenges Be Related to Thyroid?
Infertility can be a very challenging condition for women who want to become pregnant. They face the daunting task of going through a long list of potential causes, each needing to be evaluated and eliminated in order to identify the exact issue that needs to be resolved.
Hypothyroidism can cause infertility in men too
Research shows low thyroid hormone can lower testosterone and affect sperm production, suggesting Wilson's Temperature Syndrome may factor into male infertility.
Infertility
In any infertility textbook it is explained that one of the first, if not the first, condition to be ruled out is hypothyroidism. Low thyroid function is more than enough to explain infertility.
Low Iodine can cause weight gain, brain fog, fatigue, and infertility
Iodine is critically important for proper function of the metabolism. It's especially important in pregnancy and nursing. It can be detected with urine tests.
Where this comes from. A 2015 interview with Dr. Wilson on low body temperature and thyroid hormone expression is indexed on PubMed Central (Integrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal). Wilson's Temperature Syndrome is not accepted by every medical body — read the disagreement in full.
From Dr. Denis Wilson's book on Wilson's Temperature Syndrome. See all symptoms →