FluffyBurgerSniffer

I was just wondering...if someone has hypothyroid wouldn't that mean that antithyroid antibodies killed off that persons thyroid? Or you don't have to have ATA and Hypodthyroid? If that's the case, then how does someone that's hypothyroid become hypothyroid if they don't have any antibodies attacking their thyroid? Thanks.

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nobimbo

The presence of thyroid antibodies can indicate Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (autoimmune hypothyroidism) OR Graves Disease (autoimmune HYPERthyroidisim). Hashi's is the most common cause of hypothyroidism, especially in women and especially in women with PCOS. Other causes of hypothyroidism:

Treatment of hyperthyroidism

Treatment of thyroid tumors

Radiation

Interference from drugs

Subacute thyroiditis

Postpartum thyroiditis

Problems in the pituitary gland

More info available at this link:

http://www.ehealthmd.com/library/hyp...YO_causes.html

Linda

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