Although I don’t know anything specifically about fibroid cysts, I do
know, from reading and talking to friends who do alternative medicine
therapies, that the thyroid hormone and our estrogen hormone levels are
inseparably linked. When one is hyperthyroid, the estrogen level is lowered,
and when one is hypothyroid, the estrogen level is higher. Since
estrogen levels are related to the growth of fibroid cysts, I would
encourage your friend to have these checked, as well as monitoring her
thyroid.
I have noted, with some chagrin, that as my thyroid levels have been
corrected–I was hyperthyroid–my menstrual periods have gotten heavier
and I am having considerably more breast tenderness before them–both the
result of more estrogen in my system now. Best of luck to your friend!
