Continuation of the article “Thyroid Diseases – Explaining Your Symptoms (Part 2)” .
Increased sensitivity to cold
The tendency to "chill" and the need to wear extra clothes to keep warm is due to high levels of viral neurotoxins in the body, which make your nerves sensitive to cold temperatures. This is often mistaken for a metabolic problem, but is actually a problem with the sensory nerves.
Cold hands and feet
When you often feel like your extremities are cold, it's the viral neurotoxins causing your nerves to be sensitive to cold temperatures, as well as a sluggish liver causing a circulation problem.
Shivering
Chronic chills and shivering that aren't related to a cold, flu, overheating, or dehydration are signs that your immune system is fighting an EBV infection in organs too deep in the body for doctors to detect with a blood test.
Hot flashes and night sweats
Hot flashes and night sweats are caused by a toxic liver, not your thyroid or menopause. These symptoms have nothing to do with hormones. Here's what actually happens: When your liver becomes overloaded with toxins, such as viral toxins, heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides, and even old prescription drug stocks, it becomes overloaded and starts to heat up, and your body tries to cool it down. As part of this process, heat is released from your liver and travels through your body, leaving you with the uncomfortable feeling of being overheated. This is a very common experience for both women and men, although due to clichés, hot flashes in men are not usually labeled as such. Instead, they are often called "work sweats" or "nervous sweats."
Overheating
A tendency to overheat is another sign of liver heat and the body’s effort to release it. You may feel fluctuating between hot and cold – this is not at all unusual and is related to the body’s struggle to cool itself and draw energy from the spleen.
Excessive sweating
When a low-level EBV viral load releases neurotoxins that contain large amounts of mercury, it creates a tense and sensitive central nervous system. These mercury-laden neurotoxins disrupt neurotransmitters and block electrical impulses, which sends mixed messages throughout the brain. The result is a feeling of nervousness. Even if someone doesn’t feel emotionally nervous, the body is being told to go into an anxiety response, which prompts the production of extra sweat.
Body temperature fluctuations
If your GP or specialist has diagnosed you with thyroid disease due to body temperature fluctuations and you do not have adrenal gland problems, hypoglycaemia or insulin resistance, then in its mild form this is one of those rare symptoms that can be thyroid related (resulting from low levels of thyroid hormones or an excess of them). More pronounced chills and hot flashes are usually caused by EBV, as we have already explained a little earlier in the article.
Swelling
Unless you have actual heart or kidney disease that your doctor is aware of, these swellings are a result of EBV and its deposits in your bloodstream and lymphatic system. As with the mysterious weight gain, the liver, which is full of EBV viral waste fluids, becomes sluggish or even stagnant, shifting its filtering duties to the lymphatic system, which in turn retains pockets of fluid because it is not equipped to handle this amount of waste.
Puffy face and/or eyes
One common cause of this symptom is a form of lymphedema, which is fluid retention in the face and eye area for the same reason as the symptom of edema. The swelling usually comes and goes. This is because the increased toxin content in the body rises and falls as new toxins are introduced and some old ones are processed through urine and other detoxification pathways.
Puffiness can also occur due to an allergic reaction to viruses. If your diet contains foods that feed EBV , you can develop an allergy to the toxic byproduct that the virus releases after feeding on those foods. Since this byproduct is an even more allergenic processed version of the food, you may be allergic to this waste product even if you don’t react to the food itself. It raises homocysteine levels and inflammation (and can cause allergy tests to be inaccurate), which leads to puffiness. Again, this is not a symptom caused by your thyroid.
Swollen hands and feet
Swelling of the hands and feet is due to two causes: (1) histamine-mediated edema, in which the body responds to EBV neurotoxins with increased histamines that flood the lymphatic system and bloodstream, and/or (2) sluggish liver and lymph function due to overloading with viral waste and other toxins, such as heavy metals. Very often, a person in this situation is diagnosed with idiopathic (unknown cause) lupus or even Lyme disease.
Mood swings
When EBV feeds on its favorite foods like wheat gluten, dairy, eggs, and heavy metals in your body, it releases neurotoxins that fill your bloodstream, disrupt neurotransmitters, and leave you feeling drained. As a result, your mood can plummet until the virus stops feeding and your vitality returns.
These mood swings can put a strain on your adrenal glands, which puts a strain on your liver and pancreas. Additionally, viral waste products in your bloodstream can even disrupt your blood sugar levels to the point of hypoglycemia, which further contributes to your mood swings, creating a vicious cycle until you crack the EBV code and figure out how to stop feeding the virus. This hypoglycemia may be a mild version that goes undiagnosed. It’s also possible that these mood issues could lead to a misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder.
You can read more about mood swings in the article: “Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)” .
Irritability
In women, this symptom is almost always attributed to a hormonal problem. Here’s what’s really happening: When EBV neurotoxins disrupt neurotransmitters in the brain, it usually leads to irritability and even unexplained anger or sadness, which in most women leads to a diagnosis of depression. When this neurotoxin activity is accompanied by a toxic, sluggish liver, the irritability can be exacerbated. And if you have particularly heavy deposits of heavy metals like mercury in your brain, this symptom can be severe.
Anxiety
Too many people are convinced that their anxiety is behind their health problems. They are told that if they can learn to control their worries, they will be in a much better state. In fact, the opposite is true! Almost the entire epidemic of anxiety is due to physical health problems. When anxiety is not alone and accompanies other symptoms on this list, at least part of that physical cause is usually the high levels of EBV neurotoxins that saturate and inflame the vagus nerve (which runs to the brain), along with elevated levels of toxic heavy metals.
While emotional trauma can cause anxiety in and of itself, this anxiety often lingers even after the trauma has long passed and becomes chronic due to EBV's vicious cycle - anxious periods trigger surges of fear-based adrenaline that fuels the virus, which in turn releases an abundance of neurotoxins that maintain anxiety.
Depression
Like anxiety, depression is often blamed for someone’s physical suffering, when the truth is that depression can be traced back to a physical cause. Depression is not a sign of a weak mind or character; it is a very real symptom that can give you important insight into your health. If depression accompanies any of the other symptoms on this list, EBV is likely the culprit. When EBV feeds on high levels of toxic heavy metals in your body, the resulting high levels of neurotoxic waste saturate the brain, altering and disrupting neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin, leading to a depressed state. This means that depression is not something that someone can “snap out of” or wish away, although you can certainly find relief from it by detoxifying the virus along with its food (including heavy metals) and waste. For more information on depression, see the chapter on depression in the book The Medium Healer .
Anxiety
The feeling of not being able to calm down or relax is often due to EBV neurotoxins. If these toxins are present in your organs, they can create an allergic sensation that manifests itself in physical discomfort such as anxiety, restlessness, and a feeling of not being able to find your place.
Restless legs
Restless legs syndrome, often diagnosed as an idiopathic, mysterious anxiety disorder, is actually caused by high levels of toxic heavy metals and an increased viral load in the brain or other areas of the nervous system. This neurological symptom, which often interferes with sleep, occurs when these heavy metals and EBV neurotoxins interfere with neurotransmitters and neurons, causing electrical impulses to take pathways they shouldn’t, effectively short-circuiting them. The resulting messages, which have gone awry, can create the uncomfortable sensation in your legs or even cause restless arms or a restless torso.
Pain and suffering
EBV neurotoxins often cause pain throughout the body. When combined with EBV dermatotoxins, the result can be psoriatic arthritis – joint pain from the neurotoxins combined with psoriasis on the skin from the dermatotoxins.
Headache and migraine
When EBV produces neurotoxins, they often travel to the brain, where they interfere with electrical impulses, which can cause headaches. If you have a really high EBV viral load plus toxic heavy metals in your body, then they can trigger migraines as a result of EBV inflaming the frenulum and/or vagus nerves . When you also have the herpes zoster virus (you can have both shingles and a thyroid virus), it can cause inflammation of the trigeminal nerve, which can cause migraines that affect the ear, jaw, face, or side of the head. (For a more detailed discussion of migraines, see the chapter on migraines in the book The Medium Healer .)
Joint pain
Often, late-stage EBV specifically attacks the joints, cartilage, and/or connective tissue, inflaming the nerves in these areas in the process. The result is stiff, painful, swollen, or even deformed joints (as in rheumatoid arthritis).
Muscle spasms
A liver that has become sluggish and fatty due to EBV and other factors such as pesticides, antibiotics, other pharmaceuticals, toxic chemicals, unproductive food, and toxic heavy metals can contribute to magnesium, potassium, glucose, and glycogen deficiencies because the liver is designed to be a reservoir for them, and when it weakens, it loses its ability to hold them in. All of these nutrients fuel the muscles, so a deficiency in them can lead to cramps.
Muscle weakness
Muscle weakness is part of the neurological fatigue we mentioned earlier in the article. When EBV neurotoxins enter the brain, they can cause a very mild, undetectable encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) that affects the nervous system and weakens the muscles. In many cases, your doctor will misdiagnose it as multiple sclerosis (MS) or Lyme disease. When someone has both adrenal fatigue and neurological fatigue, this weakness can be exacerbated. However, this symptom can also occur as a result of neurological fatigue alone.
Tingling and numbness
When EBV neurotoxins inflame nerves, numbness and tingling can occur. If these symptoms occur in the tongue or face, it means the vagus nerve is inflamed . If they are in the palms or up the arms, the phrenic nerves that run through the chest are inflamed. If the numbness and/or tingling occurs in the legs and feet, the neurotoxins are inflaming the pudendal nerve, tibial nerve, and/or sciatic nerve. Although often confused with neuropathy or even a transient ischemic attack (TIA), this symptom rarely results in permanent nerve damage.
Tics and spasms
When EBV feeds on mercury and releases neurotoxins high in the byproduct methylmercury, these neurotoxins short-circuit neurotransmitters in the brain, reducing the strength of neurons and interfering with electrical impulses in the brain. These neurotoxins also deplete magnesium, sodium, glucose, glycogen, and vitamin B12 to the point of severe nervous system deficiency that cannot yet be detected by blood tests.
Shaky hands
EBV neurotoxins absorb and disperse neurotransmitters, which can ultimately lead to neurotransmitter deficiency, which in turn causes the symptom of shaky hands. This symptom is often accompanied by elevated levels of toxic heavy metals, which is sometimes misdiagnosed as a sign of Parkinson's disease . Neurotransmitter deficiency can also occur as a result of EBV neurotoxins, especially mercury-based ones, which cause the adrenal glands to become overactive, and excess adrenaline can burn out neurotransmitters.
Palpitations, ectopic heartbeat, arrhythmia
Very often, mysterious palpitations, skipped beats, and irregular heartbeats don’t originate in the heart. Instead, we should look to the Epstein-Barr virus and its effects on the liver. That’s right! EBV byproducts and viral debris form a sticky, jelly-like deposit that builds up in the liver until the organ becomes oversaturated, at which point the substance begins to break down and be sucked into the heart. As a result, the heart valves, especially the mitral valve, can become clogged with the accumulated substance and begin to stick together instead of allowing blood to flow freely.
Palpitations can also occur as a result of stage four EBV producing a huge amount of neurotoxins that affect the brain and vagus nerve , leading to neurologically caused heart rhythm disturbances.
In neither of these cases is the heart fluttering life-threatening or thyroid-related. It is more of a nuisance caused by EBV .
Changes in heart rhythm
When the central nervous system becomes hypersensitive to the neurotoxin attack in late-stage EBV, the brain’s messages to the adrenal glands become extremely erratic. As a result, the adrenal glands receive different messages to either pump at full capacity or slow down, and your heart rate speeds up or slows down accordingly, since adrenaline is linked to heart rate. Since it is not an external stimulus, such as stress or relaxation, that causes the adrenal glands to pump harder or slower, the changes in heart rate can be considered random and unexplained. Very often, these changes in heart rate accompany other conditions related to the adrenal glands, including Cushing’s syndrome, Addison’s disease (both caused by EBV ), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Chest tightness
The feeling of tightness in the chest can be caused by EBV and/or its neurotoxins, which inflame the vagus and phrenic nerves , sometimes leading to unexplained anxiety or a diagnosis of panic attacks.
Hypertension (high blood pressure)
If you've been diagnosed with hypertension and your doctors haven't been able to pinpoint a cardiovascular problem that's causing it, there's a good chance that a sluggish or sluggish liver is the culprit. That's because your heart draws clean blood from your liver. This process works smoothly if your liver, the body's filter, is in good shape. But when your liver is compromised—whether it's stiffened by scarring (caused by EBV damage to the organ), clogged by a high-fat diet, overloaded with EBV waste products and other toxins, or all of the above—it can't filter as well, so instead of passing toxic waste to your kidneys and intestines for elimination, it builds up and backs up into your bloodstream and lymphatic system. This means your blood becomes "dirtier" and thicker, forcing your heart to work harder to pump it up.
To visualize this, imagine a glass of water. How easy is it to suck that water through a straw? Pretty easy. How about a can of cola? Since it's a little sweeter, you'll have to work a little harder to pull the liquid up. Now what about a milkshake? That liquid is much thicker, so you have to create a lot more suction to get it through the straw. That's exactly how the heart works, trying to push thick blood through, and that requires more pressure.
High cholesterol
A common cause of high cholesterol is a sluggish, toxin-filled, obese or fatty liver due to a high-protein/high-fat diet and the toxic burden of EBV .
Tinnitus (ringing or buzzing in the ears)
In stage four, EBV can target the nerves of the labyrinth of the inner ear, and the resulting inflammation and vibrations can lead to a ringing or buzzing sensation in the ears or even unexplained deafness. This is the most common explanation for tinnitus.
Alternatively, EBV neurotoxins can inflame the nerves of the inner ear, and the mere exposure of these nerves to the neurotoxins can create this symptom.
Vertigo, Meniere's disease, dizziness, balance problems
This symptom is not the result of the breakdown of calcium crystals or stones in the inner ear. Rather, when EBV leaves the thyroid gland as it progresses to stage four, it usually moves quickly, rapidly increasing in number, and often releasing an explosion of neurotoxins into the bloodstream. The vagus and even phrenic nerves become overly sensitive and allergic to the neurotoxins, causing them to become inflamed, which leads to "vertigo" and other disturbing balance problems. When the vagus nerve becomes swollen in this way, it causes tightness in the chest and neck, and as the nerve passes into the skull, it even causes some very mild inflammation in the lower part of the brain. This swelling of the brain itself (which is so small that it cannot be detected with an MRI or CT scan) can compound balance problems, leading to a chronic balance problem where you feel as if you are constantly on a boat or on a plane going through turbulence.
You can find more detailed information in the article: “Vertigo and Meniere's Disease – Real Causes and Treatment Plan with Nutritional Supplements” .
Goiter
The symptom of goiter these days is caused by EBV infection in the thyroid gland, which causes fluid buildup and swelling. Very rarely is goiter caused by a simple case of iodine deficiency, as it was in the past.
Tightness in the throat
This is often another symptom of EBV , creating inflammation of the vagus nerve . Because the vagus nerve runs through the throat area, when EBV neurotoxins inflame it or when viral cells latch onto exposed nerve roots, it can create an unpleasant feeling of tightness in the throat.
In some cases, tightness in the throat is caused by the thyroid gland, which is particularly inflamed and enlarged by EBV.
Tongue swelling
Inflammation of the vagus nerve can create a chain of nerve inflammations. This means that the nerves in the tongue can also become inflamed by EBV, leading to swelling of the organ.
Problems with taste and smell
Again, inflammation of the vagus nerve , caused by EBV neurotoxins or viral cells, can cause inflammation of the nerves that branch off from it. This can affect the tongue and taste buds and/or the nasal cavity.
Metallic taste in the mouth
When EBV feeds on high levels of toxic heavy metals, such as mercury, and the virus’s neurotoxins in your blood begin to contain high levels of these heavy metals, a metallic taste in your mouth can result. You can also get a metallic taste when you are actively detoxifying heavy metals and they are not being removed from your body by the full range of foods and supplements recommended for this purpose. (For more information on heavy metal detoxification, see the article “Heavy Metal Detox Smoothies” ).
Hoarseness or change in voice
Mild inflammation of the thyroid gland from EBV is enough to cause this symptom. Another common cause is chronic acid reflux associated with EBV (for more on this, see the article “Treating Acid Reflux” and Anthony William’s video “Do You Have Acid Reflux?” ). Finally, dairy, eggs, and wheat are highly mucus-forming foods and fuel for EBV. Consuming them prompts the virus to produce additional waste products, which overload the lymphatic system and can lead to a hoarse voice.
Brittle or ridged nails
Zinc is one of the most important resources in the fight against EBV . The body uses up stores and even deep reserves of zinc at a rapid rate - meaning it is very common to become zinc deficient when you have EBV, if you were not already. This zinc deficiency is the cause of nail problems.
Dry, cracked skin
When the liver can no longer function properly as a result of EBV infection, it often reaches a point where it can no longer handle fats and cannot process them or protect the bloodstream from too much of them. Higher levels of fats in the bloodstream reduce the levels of oxygen delivered to the dermis – less oxygen means that toxins cannot be properly flushed out of the skin. This means that toxins are retained in the skin, causing inflammation and even cracking as the skin tries to rid itself of these poisons. You can learn more about this in the article “Skin, Hair and Nail Health” .
Constipation
The most common cause of chronic constipation is a sluggish, oily or stagnant liver , overloaded by a high-fat diet and overloaded by the presence of EBV and heavy metals. At the same time, streptococci , a cofactor of EBV, often multiply in the digestive tract, causing inflammation in various parts of the intestine.
Constipation can also occur as a result of EBV neurotoxins, which travel through the bloodstream to the brain, weaken the central nervous system, and cause neurological fatigue, which slows down signals from the brain to the colon for peristaltic action.
Chronic diarrhea
A sick, sluggish, stagnant, or fatty liver , along with an inflamed pancreas and high levels of EBV cofactors— streptococcal bacteria in the gut—can, when chronically and long-term, trigger the body’s excretory response. Additionally, when the liver releases large amounts of EBV byproducts and other debris into the gut, the lining of the gut can become inflamed and try to quickly expel them through diarrhea. Both EBV and strep feed on foods like milk, cheese, butter, eggs, corn, canola, and GMO soy, so these foods in the diet lead to greater intestinal irritation, allowing conditions like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s disease, and celiac disease to occur.
Loss of libido
This is again a symptom that is not caused by the thyroid gland. Many people with hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's disease have normal libido. In fact, a woman's sexual desire is determined by the strength of her adrenal glands. This is a defense mechanism of the body. If the adrenal glands are not sufficient reserves for childbirth, then a mechanism is triggered to reduce libido. (Men, on the other hand, may have compromised adrenal glands and a strong libido.)
Irregular menstrual cycles
Irregular menstrual flow and cycles can occur for several different reasons, none of which are related to the thyroid gland. The first common cause is due to chronic EBV infection in the uterus and ovaries. Remember, in the second phase of EBV secondary infection, the virus can enter the reproductive organs. Whether or not it has progressed to causing uterine fibroids or ovarian cysts, the presence of the virus can disrupt the normal function of the reproductive system.
Adrenal dysfunction caused by EBV is another possible explanation if you have irregular menstrual cycles. Also, a diet that is too high in protein, fat, dairy, and eggs can cause menstrual problems.
Blurred vision and other vision problems
When you have mysterious blurred vision that a visit to an optometrist, ophthalmologist, and/or prescription glasses cannot explain or correct, it is likely due to EBV neurotoxins in the bloodstream, which (1) cause short-circuiting and a decrease in neurotransmitters and (2) weaken the optic nerve.
Epstein-Barr virus cells can also enter the eye itself and cause damage there, sometimes leading to retinal detachment or glaucoma. The herpes zoster virus also has the ability to weaken the optic nerves.
Cloudiness in the eyes
EBV neurotoxins, which inflame the optic nerve, can cause mirage-like experiences of various spots and flashes or cloudiness in the eyes.
Bulging eyes
This symptom is commonly associated with Graves' disease and hyperthyroidism, although it should be noted that it does not occur in every case of these and that it is not your body itself that is causing the problem. Again, the main cause here is EBV. When certain aggressive strains of the virus prompt the thyroid gland to produce more tissue, this extra tissue produces extra thyroid hormones, and these excess steroid compounds create swelling, which causes the eyes to bulge. This is a steroid reaction. The same would happen to a person who continuously takes large amounts of human growth hormone.
Skin discoloration
When you have a low-grade EBV infection that leads to liver dysfunction, it can cause bilirubin problems that don't show up on blood tests like full-blown jaundice. Instead, your thyroid may be to blame if you only have mild, extra yellow pigmentation on your skin. Make no mistake, this symptom has nothing to do with hypothyroidism. It's a liver disease.
As we've explained many times in this symptom list, the liver plays a huge role in your health. When someone's liver has been infected with EBV for a long time, and especially when that person has also been taking a lot of antibiotics or other medications, the liver can become overworked to properly process bilirubin, the yellow pigment produced when old blood cells break down. Instead of being flushed out, the bilirubin builds up and returns to the bloodstream, causing the skin to look yellowish.
The article uses materials from Anthony William's book "Healing the Thyroid" . Coming soon to our blog, more articles on the topic!
Other articles about the thyroid gland:
“The truth about the thyroid gland” ;“Thyroid Diseases – How It All Begins” ;
“Thyroid Diseases – Explaining Your Symptoms (Part 1)” ;
“Thyroid Diseases – Explaining Your Symptoms (Part 2)” ;
“Thyroid Diseases – Additional Complications (Part 1)” ;
“Thyroid Diseases – Additional Complications (Part 2)” ;
“Thyroid cancer” ;
“[Video] Do you have Hashimoto's thyroiditis? – Anthony William speaks” ;
“Anthony William on insomnia and sleep problems in thyroid diseases” ;
“Anthony William's Tips for Treating Sleep Problems and Why Bad Dreams Are Good” ;
“Why are women more susceptible to thyroid diseases” ;
“Healer Medium's 90-Day Thyroid Therapy (Part 1)” ;
“Healer Medium's 90-Day Thyroid Therapy (Part 2)” ;
“The “divination tests” for the thyroid gland” ;
“Anthony William on Thyroid Medications” ;
“Anthony William on life without a thyroid gland” ;
“Anthony William reveals the truth about iodine” ;
“Anthony William reveals the truth about zinc” ;
“Powerful Healing Foods for the Thyroid” ;
“Which foods to avoid with thyroid diseases” ;
“Herbal remedies and nutritional supplements for the thyroid gland” ;
“How celery juice helps with thyroid diseases” ;
“Tea for treating the thyroid gland” ;
“Leben Broth for the Thyroid” ;
“Healing juice for the thyroid gland” ;
“Healing smoothie for the thyroid gland” .
