Is anyone familar with Autoimmune thyroid disease??
After my Gyn suspected PCOS she sent me to the endocronologist, He found not only PCOS but Autoimmune thyroid disease. All the endo told me was that my immune system was attacking my thyroid and will soon be destroyed. I go back may 3rd to him but he left me with so so many questions. All he said was when you come back we will retake your blood to see if you are developing hypo or hyper thyroidism , yep awesome. Well if anyone knows anything about this disease I would greatly appreciate your help and knowledge.
Hi Rachel, I was diagnosed with autoimmune thyroid disease. The doctor found anti-thyroid antibodies in my blood after learning that my thyroid hormone levels were off. This was about 8 yrs ago and the treatment was thyroid hormone replacement. My dr. says that taking thyroid meds brings me up to the right level and also can put off more damage to the gland. I don't know what triggers your immune system to attack and destroy thyroid gland tissue, but it seems to run in families (at least being susceptible to it). My mother has the same condition.
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Thanks.. ya my dad had the same thing growing up I guess. He just always said he had hypothyroidism, but never told me it was because of the Autoimmune Thyroid disease. I just want there to be some way to slow it down or prevent it, rather thank waiting for it to be destroyed
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Dx: Jan. 2009
Meds: Taken off Met!!Doc. wants to see my levels off to make sure I even need it(WooHOO).Put on Spironolactone.Taken off NuvaRing until ready to TTC.
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Other Dx: Hashimoto's Disease and possible IBS/IC/ENDO.
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I wanted to add that autoimmune attack on thyroid is a very common cause of low thyroid hormone levels. Here's a pretty short explanation of ways hypothyroidism can happen. http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/hypothyroidism-cause
Some people fluctuate high/low during the course of the thyroid inflammation, but ultimately the damage will make your gland unable to keep up with demand from the body. It is a bummer, but we're lucky to have treatment available. Thyroid hormone replacement medicines have only been available to patients for a little over 100 years, as far as I know.
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thats what I have too. I'm new but I have autoimmune hashimotos hypothyroidism and was put on synthroid for it I also have pcos which I was told was also autoimmune I also have a history of childhood eczema and arthiritis. my dc told me that autoimmune basically means "we have no idea why" but persons with one autoimmune disorder generally have other autoimmune diseases and hypothyroidism and pcos are commonly seen together and complicate each other the pcos will make your insulin levels to go crazy and hypothyroidism will stop the body from absorbing it correctly making you gain weight and further complicate the pcos I recommend you get yourself a new doc. you have the right to know whats going on with your body and god only know dr's get paid enough to sit down and talk you through your condition and if you don't... find someone who will I hope this helped a lil
I'd like to add that you can get copies of all your bloodwork from the endocrinologist, I ask at the front desk and they make me a xerox every visit. Doctors explain things quickly and it's nice to be able to study the numbers afterwards and compare with prior tests. If you get your blood drawn during the appointment (and results aren't ready) just have the front office mail you a copy once the dr. calls with results.
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Is anyone familar with Autoimmune thyroid disease?? 
