Hypothyroidism means low thyroid levels. Patients with hypothyroidism don’t have enough thyroid hormones. Most patients have Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, a condition where the immune system attacks and destroys thyroid cells that make the hormones. Eventually, there aren’t enough cells, and the hormone levels drop. The solution seems pretty simple – just give the body hormones that are missing. We do that in other endocrine diseases. When patients are not making enough insulin, w