[Debbie D]

I went for an ultrasound of my thyroid the other day...still haven't gotten the results. kind of nervous...
Do people with MS have a higher incidence of thyroid issues? Neuro's nurse told me that is an indication of an auto immune thing going on...

[PolarExpress]

Originally Posted by Debbie D

I went for an ultrasound of my thyroid the other day...still haven't gotten the results. kind of nervous...
Do people with MS have a higher incidence of thyroid issues? Neuro's nurse told me that is an indication of an auto immune thing going on...

All I know is that I was dx'd with hypothroid just a couple months before I was dx'd with MS. They seem to go together. What kind of thyroid problem are they looking for?

[Pink]

Strange I see this post now. - My mother and grand-mother had some form of thyroid dysfunction and both had to take pills for it, hence I am at risk. I requested a thyroid test on my last blood pull b/c I am supposed to be tested every year. I missed last year. It came back neg.

All I know is I'm neg so far. I do not know of a connection with MS. Sorry, I can't help here.

[Debbie D]

I've been hypothyroid for years...taking pills. Suddenly my TSH is low, so the pcp lowered the dose.
Then my neuro did a thorough exam and found that the thyroid is "very generous" in size, and told me to follow up with my pcp on it.
She sent me for an ultrasound before sending me to a specialist. Haven't heard back yet.

[legzzalot]

YUP! If they did the ultrasound I am wondering if you have a swelling from it being hyper. I was dx'd in 1999 with Grave's Disease (Hyperthyroid) which is from an autoimmune disorder. The MS dx in 2008 I was told goes hand in hand that one auto-immune is normally followed by others.

I am going back to my endo in 2 weeks because my thyroid is going crazy again.

[Lady]

Debbie,
Thyroid dysfunction is very common in PWMS. I have a multinodular Thyroid. I have hypo-low function.

The last Ultrasound just showed a few new ones, and two very large dominant ones that have grown larger. (sigh) I am to have my third biopsy next week. The nodule is as large as 1/2 of my thyroid gland, not good and they big one has calcification in it. My ENT wanted to remove 1/2 the gland last year. My Endo doc said no. Now I have new growth and enlarged ones that are older.

I am on Synthroid because my Thyroid is not making enough of the hormone. My Mom had it too, but hers was really low, and they say it is genetic.

MS has Grave's and Hashimoto's thyroid, both autoimmune they say. Very common in MS. Others can have it too, but we are the lucky ones sometimes, NOT!

An interesting note. CCSVI has been linked to Thyroid questions/problems now. Dr Zamboni mentioned it in a paper that the brain may try to drain to the Thyroid veins and cause collateral veins around it.

Also the Thyroid normally drains to the jugulars veins. Having blocked jugulars does it cause Thyroid problems?..or Thyroid problems help block the jugulars? I have lots of swelling in my neck. It chokes me now and very painful.

I will wait to see the results of the biopsy and pray for clean results. An FB Interventional Radiologist doctor will be doing my biopsy so I will ask him about this and CCSVI too. Maybe they go hand in hand.
I'll let you know. Always something.

[Debbie D]

Hmmm...interesting post, Lady. I noticed when the tech was performing the ultrasound that the right side seemed "softer"...and she spent quite a long time taking pics. The left side seemed as if she was hitting the trachea more...and spent a very small amount of time there.
Still no call. But I'm not home, so I will be checking my home voicemail to see if the doc has called. Til then, I don't want to think about it...

[Debbie D]

My pcp's nurse called and told me that the thyroid isn't swollen but it is asymmetrical. They want me to go to an endocrinologist.
So when I see my neuro at a lecture tomorrow night I'm going to ask his opinion of whether to see that or an ENT.

[sw8689]

I also have hypoactive thyroid, although we believe the chemo treatments damaged it. My grandmother and her mother had hypo as well...

[Kitty]

Interesting article about thyroid and flouride:

http://thyroid.about.com/cs/toxicche...a/flouride.htm