Guest guest Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 I'm new to the group and anxious to learn about Hashimoto's. My 27 year old daughter was recently diagnosed and is hopeful to find some relief from the symptoms she's suffered with intermittently over the last several years. She had a high TSH result at age 15: 6.85 (.70-6.40), but for a variety of reasons, we never followed through (OH, how I wish we had--feeling really guilty about now!). Anyway, fast forward to August 2011 when we discovered she had a TPO AB of 1734.58 (0.0-100.00). Her TSH is within the normal range each time it's checked but she did show " multinodular thyroid with borderline enlargement " on the echo thyroid scan. Her uptake scan was within normal limits as well, although showed " mild-to-moderate enlargement " . After much frustration at the free clinic my daughter goes to, we convinced the doctor to wake up and notice that there was an issue with her thyroid and maybe we could at least try a low dose of thyroid meds. I think it's been about 3 or 4 months now. She says she feels a little better but is still fatigued and has trouble sleeping: it's all she wants to do! Does anyone know if there is any more danger with the TPO being that high or is it simply an arbitrary number? There's very little specific info out there--or else Google can't find it! I'm glad to have found the group and look forward to learning from it. A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 It is possible to get rid of your antibidies as they will destroy your thyroid. Please read Dr Datis Kharrazian's book " why do I still have thyroid symptoms when my lab tests are normal " It has Forever changed my life hope this helps > > I'm new to the group and anxious to learn about Hashimoto's. My 27 year old daughter was recently diagnosed and is hopeful to find some relief from the symptoms she's suffered with intermittently over the last several years. She had a high TSH result at age 15: 6.85 (.70-6.40), but for a variety of reasons, we never followed through (OH, how I wish we had--feeling really guilty about now!). Anyway, fast forward to August 2011 when we discovered she had a TPO AB of 1734.58 (0.0-100.00). Her TSH is within the normal range each time it's checked but she did show " multinodular thyroid with borderline enlargement " on the echo thyroid scan. Her uptake scan was within normal limits as well, although showed " mild-to-moderate enlargement " . > > After much frustration at the free clinic my daughter goes to, we convinced the doctor to wake up and notice that there was an issue with her thyroid and maybe we could at least try a low dose of thyroid meds. I think it's been about 3 or 4 months now. She says she feels a little better but is still fatigued and has trouble sleeping: it's all she wants to do! > > Does anyone know if there is any more danger with the TPO being that high or is it simply an arbitrary number? There's very little specific info out there--or else Google can't find it! > > I'm glad to have found the group and look forward to learning from it. > > A. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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