Re: Hashi's not as bad as GD?

[Guest guest]

I am confused about antibodies. What does it mean if you test negative for

antibodies? My labs showed:

Thyroglobulin 437.9 normal range 3.5-56.0

Thyroglobulin Antibody negative

Thyroid Peroxidase AB <2.0 normal range 0.0-2.0

I am being treated for hyperthyroidism. The tapazole knocked me hypothyroid

after 4 weeks, and now I am on a very low dose of PTU. I have a mass in my

gland which virtually takes up the entire left lobe, and shows

calcifications. (a small cyst in the right lobe) I am scheduled for a biopsy

in 2 weeks.

Sorry if I seem confused, I'm still trying to learn as much as I can

Marilyn

[Guest guest]

I am confused about antibodies. What does it mean if you test negative for

antibodies? My labs showed:

Thyroglobulin 437.9 normal range 3.5-56.0

Thyroglobulin Antibody negative

Thyroid Peroxidase AB <2.0 normal range 0.0-2.0

I am being treated for hyperthyroidism. The tapazole knocked me hypothyroid

after 4 weeks, and now I am on a very low dose of PTU. I have a mass in my

gland which virtually takes up the entire left lobe, and shows

calcifications. (a small cyst in the right lobe) I am scheduled for a biopsy

in 2 weeks.

Sorry if I seem confused, I'm still trying to learn as much as I can

Marilyn

[Guest guest]

I am confused about antibodies. What does it mean if you test negative for

antibodies? My labs showed:

Thyroglobulin 437.9 normal range 3.5-56.0

Thyroglobulin Antibody negative

Thyroid Peroxidase AB <2.0 normal range 0.0-2.0

I am being treated for hyperthyroidism. The tapazole knocked me hypothyroid

after 4 weeks, and now I am on a very low dose of PTU. I have a mass in my

gland which virtually takes up the entire left lobe, and shows

calcifications. (a small cyst in the right lobe) I am scheduled for a biopsy

in 2 weeks.

Sorry if I seem confused, I'm still trying to learn as much as I can

Marilyn

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I have to believe if Hashi's wasn't treated with thyroid hormone replacement

it would become very severe without treatment, and if/when the thyroid

burned out completely it would cause death. Every cell in our bodies uses

THR and without it we would die eventually, and the hypO symptoms would

become so debilitating death would be welcome. I just can't imagine someone

with Hashi's or any hypo disease would chose to not treat it with

replacement hormone.

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I have to believe if Hashi's wasn't treated with thyroid hormone replacement

it would become very severe without treatment, and if/when the thyroid

burned out completely it would cause death. Every cell in our bodies uses

THR and without it we would die eventually, and the hypO symptoms would

become so debilitating death would be welcome. I just can't imagine someone

with Hashi's or any hypo disease would chose to not treat it with

replacement hormone.

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I have to believe if Hashi's wasn't treated with thyroid hormone replacement

it would become very severe without treatment, and if/when the thyroid

burned out completely it would cause death. Every cell in our bodies uses

THR and without it we would die eventually, and the hypO symptoms would

become so debilitating death would be welcome. I just can't imagine someone

with Hashi's or any hypo disease would chose to not treat it with

replacement hormone.

Jody

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Just like Graves' disease, Hashimoto's can be variable. Many people with GD

are thought to have subclinical or mild cases which are never diagnosed. Even

among members of the board, you see variability with some people having

severe symptoms and people like me having had tolerable symptoms. Some people

with Hashi's have very severe involvement and their thyroids become full of

scar tissue, which eventually necessitates a thyroidectomy. Environmental

factors in both cases are the same and include stress, estrogens, infections,

and heat shock proteins. Some of my friends with Hashi's have digestive

problems, hearing problems, and depression that ordinarily don't seem thyroid

related unless you do some research.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Just like Graves' disease, Hashimoto's can be variable. Many people with GD

are thought to have subclinical or mild cases which are never diagnosed. Even

among members of the board, you see variability with some people having

severe symptoms and people like me having had tolerable symptoms. Some people

with Hashi's have very severe involvement and their thyroids become full of

scar tissue, which eventually necessitates a thyroidectomy. Environmental

factors in both cases are the same and include stress, estrogens, infections,

and heat shock proteins. Some of my friends with Hashi's have digestive

problems, hearing problems, and depression that ordinarily don't seem thyroid

related unless you do some research.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Just like Graves' disease, Hashimoto's can be variable. Many people with GD

are thought to have subclinical or mild cases which are never diagnosed. Even

among members of the board, you see variability with some people having

severe symptoms and people like me having had tolerable symptoms. Some people

with Hashi's have very severe involvement and their thyroids become full of

scar tissue, which eventually necessitates a thyroidectomy. Environmental

factors in both cases are the same and include stress, estrogens, infections,

and heat shock proteins. Some of my friends with Hashi's have digestive

problems, hearing problems, and depression that ordinarily don't seem thyroid

related unless you do some research.

[Guest guest]

Good point I forgot to mention since my husband was interrupting me. People

with thyroid failure like I have will progress to myxedema coma if untreated.

This progresses to death within 6 weeks and has a much higher mortality rate

than Graves' disease.

[Guest guest]

Good point I forgot to mention since my husband was interrupting me. People

with thyroid failure like I have will progress to myxedema coma if untreated.

This progresses to death within 6 weeks and has a much higher mortality rate

than Graves' disease.

[Guest guest]

Good point I forgot to mention since my husband was interrupting me. People

with thyroid failure like I have will progress to myxedema coma if untreated.

This progresses to death within 6 weeks and has a much higher mortality rate

than Graves' disease.

[Guest guest]

Jody,

Oh please don't misunderstand! I wouldn't think of not taking replacement

thyroid hormone for hypO. I'm just wondering why two autoimmune diseases act

so differently toward the thyroid. It just seems that Hashi's is a much

slower progressing disease than GD. I wonder why it doesn't attack the

thyroid cells as quickly as it seems GD does. It just seems that the

severity of Hashi's is not as bad as GD, but maybe it only seems that way

because I haven't ever had Hashi's (yet anyway!)

Re: Hashi's not as bad as GD?

> Hi ,

> I have to believe if Hashi's wasn't treated with thyroid hormone

replacement

> it would become very severe without treatment, and if/when the thyroid

> burned out completely it would cause death. Every cell in our bodies uses

> THR and without it we would die eventually, and the hypO symptoms would

> become so debilitating death would be welcome. I just can't imagine

someone

> with Hashi's or any hypo disease would chose to not treat it with

> replacement hormone.

> Jody

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

The thought never crossed my mind that you wouldn't take hormone replacement

if you needed it I just know that without it, once our thyroids are dead

we would die...funny how something this important to life never got

discussed in biology or health class in school isn't it?

TTYL

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

The thought never crossed my mind that you wouldn't take hormone replacement

if you needed it I just know that without it, once our thyroids are dead

we would die...funny how something this important to life never got

discussed in biology or health class in school isn't it?

TTYL

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[Guest guest]

Wow! Yes, I just spent my baby's naptime this afternoon researching

Hashi's. I did come across this fact as well as other problems

associated with Hashi's on the thyroidmanager.org site! Very

interesting. I have never heard of these problems before. It seems

that most of the dire things you hear about are associated with GD

and hyperthyroidism. I feel so much more informed (if not paranoid

now!) I guess I just got the skewed view of Hashi's from my mom's

experience with it. We barely even notice that she has it, herself

included. She's been on the same dose of synthroid for 25 years. She

didn't even really think about it until her recent problems with

menopause.

Thanks for the facts!

> Good point I forgot to mention since my husband was interrupting

me. People

> with thyroid failure like I have will progress to myxedema coma if

untreated.

> This progresses to death within 6 weeks and has a much higher

mortality rate

> than Graves' disease.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, you can find info on the hearing loss associated with hypothyroidism in

Arem's book and also in the last issue of the American Autoimmune and Related

Disease Association Newsletter. When I was quite hypothyroid my kids called

me Miracle Ear. Since my replacement hormone is more where it should be, I

can hear fine.

Sometimes, though, the connection is lost and it takes a few seconds for the

words to register. So I'll say, what? and then answer the question before the

person repeats their question. This only happens at home, not at work, so

maybe I tune them out. once noted that if we see the person we hear

them, we hear them. but if they're turned away from us, the connection in

deciphering what they said is a bit slow. For me, this is a side effect of

being hypo.

[Guest guest]

Yes, you can find info on the hearing loss associated with hypothyroidism in

Arem's book and also in the last issue of the American Autoimmune and Related

Disease Association Newsletter. When I was quite hypothyroid my kids called

me Miracle Ear. Since my replacement hormone is more where it should be, I

can hear fine.

Sometimes, though, the connection is lost and it takes a few seconds for the

words to register. So I'll say, what? and then answer the question before the

person repeats their question. This only happens at home, not at work, so

maybe I tune them out. once noted that if we see the person we hear

them, we hear them. but if they're turned away from us, the connection in

deciphering what they said is a bit slow. For me, this is a side effect of

being hypo.

[Guest guest]

Yes, you can find info on the hearing loss associated with hypothyroidism in

Arem's book and also in the last issue of the American Autoimmune and Related

Disease Association Newsletter. When I was quite hypothyroid my kids called

me Miracle Ear. Since my replacement hormone is more where it should be, I

can hear fine.

Sometimes, though, the connection is lost and it takes a few seconds for the

words to register. So I'll say, what? and then answer the question before the

person repeats their question. This only happens at home, not at work, so

maybe I tune them out. once noted that if we see the person we hear

them, we hear them. but if they're turned away from us, the connection in

deciphering what they said is a bit slow. For me, this is a side effect of

being hypo.

[Guest guest]

Hearing problems associated with Hashi's? What kind of problems? I have both

Graves and Hashi's and feel that my hearingis not up to par. Never heard that

associated with the disease.

Darnell

daisyelaine@... wrote: Hi ,

Just like Graves' disease, Hashimoto's can be variable. Many people with GD

are thought to have subclinical or mild cases which are never diagnosed. Even

among members of the board, you see variability with some people having

severe symptoms and people like me having had tolerable symptoms. Some people

with Hashi's have very severe involvement and their thyroids become full of

scar tissue, which eventually necessitates a thyroidectomy. Environmental

factors in both cases are the same and include stress, estrogens, infections,

and heat shock proteins. Some of my friends with Hashi's have digestive

problems, hearing problems, and depression that ordinarily don't seem thyroid

related unless you do some research.

[Guest guest]

I think I remember reading in Shomon's book (flipped through it

at the bookstore before I realized I might actually have to deal with

hypO myself one day!) that there is a connetion between hypO and

tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and vertigo (not neccessarily a

hearing problem, but a dizziness due to inner ear problems). I find

it interesting that there are so many different types of symptoms

associated with thyroid diseases! Amazing how one little gland can

mess up so much of your body!

> Yes, you can find info on the hearing loss associated with

hypothyroidism in

> Arem's book and also in the last issue of the American Autoimmune

and Related

> Disease Association Newsletter. When I was quite hypothyroid my

kids called

> me Miracle Ear. Since my replacement hormone is more where it

should be, I

> can hear fine.

> Sometimes, though, the connection is lost and it takes a few

seconds for the

> words to register. So I'll say, what? and then answer the question

before the

> person repeats their question. This only happens at home, not at

work, so

> maybe I tune them out. once noted that if we see the person

we hear

> them, we hear them. but if they're turned away from us, the

connection in

> deciphering what they said is a bit slow. For me, this is a side

effect of

> being hypo.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I think I remember reading in Shomon's book (flipped through it

at the bookstore before I realized I might actually have to deal with

hypO myself one day!) that there is a connetion between hypO and

tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and vertigo (not neccessarily a

hearing problem, but a dizziness due to inner ear problems). I find

it interesting that there are so many different types of symptoms

associated with thyroid diseases! Amazing how one little gland can

mess up so much of your body!

> Yes, you can find info on the hearing loss associated with

hypothyroidism in

> Arem's book and also in the last issue of the American Autoimmune

and Related

> Disease Association Newsletter. When I was quite hypothyroid my

kids called

> me Miracle Ear. Since my replacement hormone is more where it

should be, I

> can hear fine.

> Sometimes, though, the connection is lost and it takes a few

seconds for the

> words to register. So I'll say, what? and then answer the question

before the

> person repeats their question. This only happens at home, not at

work, so

> maybe I tune them out. once noted that if we see the person

we hear

> them, we hear them. but if they're turned away from us, the

connection in

> deciphering what they said is a bit slow. For me, this is a side

effect of

> being hypo.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

The symptoms you just brought up, as well as many others with GD are also

symptoms of Cushings Syndrome, a pituitary thing. I still think all

endocrine problems involve the whole system in some way...but how to tell?

Jody

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[Guest guest]

,

The symptoms you just brought up, as well as many others with GD are also

symptoms of Cushings Syndrome, a pituitary thing. I still think all

endocrine problems involve the whole system in some way...but how to tell?

Jody

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[Guest guest]

,

The symptoms you just brought up, as well as many others with GD are also

symptoms of Cushings Syndrome, a pituitary thing. I still think all

endocrine problems involve the whole system in some way...but how to tell?

Jody

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