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Old 06-26-2015, 04:14 AM
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Hi Zeldagirl

Welcome to Neurotalk .

I am not a health professional but my day job includes a reasonable professional understanding of immunology.

Your anti-TPO and anti-thyroglobulin antibody levels are very probably diagnostic of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis but your speckled ANA result may not be.

I suggest that you get your GP to refer you to a specialist clinical immunologist and/or clinical endocrinologist. They might suggest further investigations (for example, your TSH levels) and then discuss treatment options with you.

A friend of mine lives with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis but her treatment (in her case, synthetic thyroxine) means that she is just fine.

All the best.
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