Why? Why not an alternative cause, such as a combination of thousands of genes, mostly unrelated to the thyroid?
Ryan, caused by a combination of thousands of genes is exactly what I’m saying. Likely immune defence genes.
The shadows of the great killers of the past lie across our genes
Must lie across our genes! Defense against pathogens is the most important thing a human does. We have no other predators. The strongest selection pressures on us are the pathogens.
And nothing else can plausibly explain why our ancient master control system often just seems to go wrong for no reason. Except recent environmental change. I think it’s likely both.
In fact the selection pressure on the endocrine system is likely so strong that it’s got to be defences against recent diseases. That’s why I’m thinking about tuberculosis and syphilis and the black death. Things that killed huge numbers in the last few hundred years. Which modern ‘genetic’ diseases correspond to which recent mass killer diseases?
That’s got to be true even for the well understood forms of thyroiditis, Ord’s and Hashimoto’s and Graves’.
Ryan, caused by a combination of thousands of genes is exactly what I’m saying. Likely immune defence genes.
The shadows of the great killers of the past lie across our genes
Must lie across our genes! Defense against pathogens is the most important thing a human does. We have no other predators. The strongest selection pressures on us are the pathogens.
And nothing else can plausibly explain why our ancient master control system often just seems to go wrong for no reason. Except recent environmental change. I think it’s likely both.
In fact the selection pressure on the endocrine system is likely so strong that it’s got to be defences against recent diseases. That’s why I’m thinking about tuberculosis and syphilis and the black death. Things that killed huge numbers in the last few hundred years. Which modern ‘genetic’ diseases correspond to which recent mass killer diseases?
That’s got to be true even for the well understood forms of thyroiditis, Ord’s and Hashimoto’s and Graves’.