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Autoimmune Diseases For Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (underactive thyroid), Graves’ disease (overactive thyroid), Lupus, Crohn's disease, all types of arthritis, and all other autoimmune diseases. [Multiple sclerosis (MS) and Myasthenia Gravis (MG) have their own forums below.] |
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10-03-2015, 05:21 AM | #4 | |||
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Grand Magnate
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Ady, I think that your GP did a good job with that range of tests.
Elevated anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody levels are present in >90% of people with Hashimoto disease. What might be happening (among other things I am an immunologist (PhD) but not a clinical immunologist (no medical qualifications) is that you are in the early stages of Hashimoto disease with no signs yet of compromised thyroid function - T3, T4 and TSH are all fine. Alternatively, maybe the technician who ran your anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody test stuffed up (it happens...). Next time you see your GP it might be an idea if you asked him/her to arrange a re-test to check this out. If the high value is confirmed then ask your GP how often your thyroid function should be checked - usually Hashimoto disease can be managed well with synthetic T4.
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