Re: Hashi questions in san diego

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Hi ,

I loved living in San Diego some years back. My daughter still remembers the Wild Aminal Park and kissing a Koala at the SD Zoo. Some very fond memories...

In recent years, medical research has found a strong connection between thyroid autoimmunity and hives (chronic Urticaria). Some of the studies specifically state that "Hashimoto's thyroiditis" can be the cause of hives and recurrent hives.

http://www.ijdvl.com/article.asp?issn=0378-6323;year=2011;volume=77;issue=4;spage=477;epage=482;aulast=Gulec

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15056996

No quotes or links just what I have gleamed from various sources -- Natural Anti-Histamines are: vitamin B6, vitamin C and magnesium. While zinc, manganese, niacin, vitamin B12 and folic acid can all increase histamine levels. For those with celiac disease or pernicious anemia who receive B12 shots should be cautious for sure!

Also, our immune system has two reactions to food; it either makes enzymes to break down food for digestion or makes histamines causing an adverse reaction. We vary in what we can eat without flooding histamine into the system. Natural and refined Food can cause stress responses, as do chemicals, toxins, some supplements and drinks. For example, consuming foods with artificial sweeteners such as Aspartame can cause brain tumors and it affects the pituitary gland, which in turn affects TSH and thyroid hormones. Pretty much each time we eat grains (this means ALL grains - rice, corn, etc not just wheat), carbohydrates, yeast and sugar histamines multiply, along with candida. Histamines also give a place for molds, fungus, bacteria, parasites, heavy metals etc to do further damage.

As for your questions… 1) Periodic testing (possibly yearly or bi-yearly) can be useful to see if what your doing is working or not. (My antiTPOabs went from over 20,000 to 87.) 2) No clue, Levothyroxine in any form never worked for me just made me sicker. 3) DEFINITELY! See the first paragraph above. 4) Find a doctor that understands and will appropriately treat you. I see a family practice MD with a bio-chemistry background that always treats naturally as a first option. 5) I use natural desiccated thyroid called Thyroid in Canada and made by Erfa Pharma. And I also need extra T3 that is compounded especially for me.

Remember what works for me may not work for you and vice versa.

Good Luck,

~Bj

From: lemurs33 lemurs@To: Thyroiditis Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:44 AMSubject: Hashi questions Hi Everyone, I am new to the group and have unanswered questions regarding my diagnosis that my endo won't answer. I'll try to keep the background brief. Female 45 years old, pretty healthy most of my life. Unknown medical family history.This all started back in Dec 2011. I started breaking out in a rash head to toe a few days before my menstral period, followed by a visit to urgent care for prednisone. This went on for 3 months consistently. My primary sent me to the allergist who was great and very thorough. The only thing he found was that I had a high thyriod peroxidase of 144 range being 0-66. All other thyroid levels were normal. He said I had Hashimotos and to see the dermatologist and endo.In turn I saw the dermatologist who said I had dry skin and use more lotion. I asked if I could have autoimmune progesterone dermatitis and he had never heard of that so he sent me to the endo who tested my progesterian levels which were normal. All thyroids were normal but because of the hashimotos he recommend levothyroxine 25mcg 1 daily. Here are my daily meds:2 fishoil caps 1200mg twice daily1 vitamin d 2000mg1 zrytec twice daily 3 weeks out of the month for rash suppression1 rantodine twice daily 3 weeks out of the month for rash suppression1 levothyroxine 25mcg gluten free for past month with no notable changeMy symptoms are up and down between hypo and hyperthyroid.My questions are: I noticed no difference in symptoms after being on the levothyroxine for 3 months. Then started taking it mid am instead of first thing in the am. After 2 days started to have very increased energy, normal appetite, etc but by day 4 started to feel like I drank 3 pots of coffee, more hyper then felt before with increased anxiety per endo repeated thyrod labs which were normal, as before treatment, but he didn't check TPO, he said to stop levothyroxine. He said he didn't need to test TPO again1. should the TPO be retested after being on levothyroxine?2. How long does it usually take for levothyroxine to kick in?3. Could my rashes be part of hashimotos?4. Would I be better off seeing an osthepath?5. Would armour be a better supplement?So for the lengthThanksSan Diego