Re: hypothyroidism not linked?

[Guest guest]

yes i've been told i have hashimotos. call me cynical but i dont believe

anything these days till i hear it 3 times. now you've been told by 3 docs and

i by one i guess i can believe this one for now! thks Laurie

Re: Hello

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> > Hypothyroidism can be a part of mito. I have it, but mine happens to

> > be autoimmune and not due to mito.

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[Guest guest]

those scientists who coined the phrase 'intelligent design' are the smart ones

at least acknowledging they may not ever be able to work out all the

complexities of life - those who think they know it all are a little naive or

not v deep thinkers (imho)... Re: Hello

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> > > Hypothyroidism can be a part of mito. I have it, but mine

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[Guest guest]

I have hashimoto's and vitiligo both of which are autoimmune and I can't help

but think there is some connection to mito also.

pamelama33 pamelama33@...> wrote:

yes i've been told i have hashimotos. call me cynical but i dont believe

anything these days till i hear it 3 times. now you've been told by 3 docs and

i by one i guess i can believe this one for now! thks Laurie

Re: Hello

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> > Hypothyroidism can be a part of mito. I have it, but mine happens to

> > be autoimmune and not due to mito.

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[Guest guest]

I'm sorry, I must have wrote it the wrong way. I meant that *some*

people with mito disease may have an autoimmune element, not all by

any means. Any protein in the body could theoretically be the target

of a wayward antibody. But it is interesting that a fair number of

us on the list have a documented autoimmune disease in addition to

mito; hypothyroidism and diabetes seem relatively common on this

list, although one might argue that having an additional condition

makes it more likely for adult-onset mito to occur. Or vice versa -

dysfunction in energy production might make a borderline condition

manifest.

Anticardiolipin antibodies seem to be present intermittently, I've

been told, and aren't a marker of all autoimmune conditions. I

haven't gotten an explanation for my one-time high level other

than " autoimmune disease could be present " .

I don't mean that I think all mito disease is due to autoimmune

issues. IMHO, getting a decent immunologist is more difficult than

finding a mito disease specialist - they just don't exist and aren't

on insurance plans (unless it is research only, and that needs to be

an exact niche for your condition). I am working in immunology now,

so am working on finding a contact to review this issue for my case.

Take care,

RH

> > > > Laurie just wondering why hypothyroidism (which I've had

since

> > 13) given

> > > > the label autoimmune is not linked to mito? I also was told

> > that also by

> > > > my mito doc - seems to me something cellular based like mito

> > could cause any

> > > > thing.. pamela

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> > > > Re: Hello

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> > > > Hypothyroidism can be a part of mito. I have it, but mine

> > happens to

> > > > be autoimmune and not due to mito.

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[Guest guest]

I admit I haven't been following the hypothyroid discussion so I'm not

sure what the original question was. Just thought I'd mention that

when I left the neurogeneticist's office a couple of weeks ago, she

gave me a handout that included some of the main symptoms of mito. Of

course not everyone has all of the symptoms listed. ALso, compared to

other lists I've seen, it was relatively short. But my point is that

it definitely included hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.

--Shayna

> > > > > Laurie just wondering why hypothyroidism (which I've had

> since

> > > 13) given

> > > > > the label autoimmune is not linked to mito? I also was told

> > > that also by

> > > > > my mito doc - seems to me something cellular based like mito

> > > could cause any

> > > > > thing.. pamela

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> > > > > Re: Hello

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> > > > > Hypothyroidism can be a part of mito. I have it, but mine

> > > happens to

> > > > > be autoimmune and not due to mito.

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