CLINICAL NUTRITION PROGRAM IMPROVES DIZZINESS AND VERTIGO IN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL WITH HASHIMOTO�S HYPOTHYROIDISM

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Event Abstract Back to Event CLINICAL NUTRITION PROGRAM IMPROVES DIZZINESS AND VERTIGO IN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL WITH HASHIMOTO’S HYPOTHYROIDISM David J. Clark1* 1 Carrick Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, United States Background: An 11 year old girl presented with chief complaints of left-moving geocentric vertigo of two years duration, as well as fatigue and constipation. Prior to presentation her five year history featured human parvovirus, leukopenia, elevated aspartate aminotransferase, diagnosis of Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism requiring use of levothyroxine and vitamin D deficiency. Use of amitryptiline, fluticasone and cyproheptadine were not effective for her symptoms. She had enjoyed gymnastics and trampoline jumping but was only occasionally able to engage in those activities. Methods: Neurological examination revealed slowing on the left side of finger-tapping test and fist-making tests compared to the right side, positive Halmagyi’s head thrust test for left horizontal canal. Remainder of exam was unremarkable. Blood chemistry revealed low vitamin D (26.30), high TSH (4.9), high Thyroid Peroxidase antibodies (174) and clinically significant low ferritin (25). Patient was placed on an anti-inflammatory diet and supplement protocol featuring turmeric, resveratrol, vitamin D, topical glutathione, omega fatty acids, iron, glutamine and broad spectrum multi-vitamin/multi-mineral. Results: After thirty days of treatment, the vertigo symptoms had resolved, as had the constipation. Vitamin D levels improved (101) as did ferritin (48). Over the next five months, she was able to return to full gymnastics involvement as well as trampolining. She was symptom-free with the exception of three occasions that correlated with consumption of significant amounts of sugar. Conclusion: The author suggests further investigation into clinical nutrition and anti-inflammatory supplementation in the treatment of vertigo, especially in patients with concurrent Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism. Keywords: hashimoto's hypothyroidism, Vertigo, geocentric vertigo, Anti-inflammatory diet, anti-inflammatory therapy Conference: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: Clinical Neuroscience for Optimization of Human Function, Orlando, United States, 7 Oct - 9 Oct, 2016. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Abstracts ISCN 2016 Citation: Clark DJ (2016). CLINICAL NUTRITION PROGRAM IMPROVES DIZZINESS AND VERTIGO IN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL WITH HASHIMOTO’S HYPOTHYROIDISM . Front. Neurol. Conference Abstract: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: Clinical Neuroscience for Optimization of Human Function. doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2016.59.00048 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 01 Sep 2016; Published Online: 07 Sep 2016. * Correspondence: Dr. David J Clark, Carrick Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Cape Canaveral, FL, United States, mail@doctordavidclark.com Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers David J Clark Google David J Clark Google Scholar David J Clark PubMed David J Clark Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.