See how Hashimotos Disease is diagnosed. Which specialists are essential to meet, what tests are needed and other useful information for the diagnosis of Hashimotos Disease
You need to have the correct antibody testing and an ultrasound of your thyroid. Sometimes the symptoms of Hashimoto's and Grave's disease can be confused for each other so testing for both can be beneficial. But the most common tests are Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody (Anti-TPO) and Antithyroglobulin antibody (TgAb).
When one is feeling abnormal symptoms, such as fatigue, weight gain without change in diet, irritability, high emotivity...he should ask his doctor to do a tsh, and if possible, t3 and t4
I have been having a variety of health problems since I was 17. It started out with back pain. Then at the end of 2008, when I was 18, I was in a car accident and my back pain got worse. On top of that, I started to have pain in my hips, shoulders an...
Although I wasn't diagnosed until 2014, my symptoms indicate I've had Thyroid autoimmune disease for more than 20 years. I'm struggling to find a good MD in Chicagoland who specializes in thyroid autoimmune treatment with a holistic approach. Drugs...
It's a family affair; most of the women on my mothers side of the family have it. My grandmother (my mothers mother) had Hashimoto and underwent an operation to have her thyroid removed. My mother has been upp and down (hyper to hypo) but I don't kno...
I am a 65-year-old-woman who has been sick for a very, very long time. I was struglling with severe bacterial skin infections, extreme exhaustion and fatique and lack of energy. My Hasimotos' Throiditus was triggered by mold in the workplace. After t...
In the early'90s I was experiencing psychological issues like depression and anxiety. Around 2002 I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. In 2010 I was tested and diagnosed with Hashimoto's, which may have been the disease that bought on my bipolar di...
my doctor only orders TSH and my last lab was .098 ( range 0.04 - 4).
i am still having sx such as low energy, weight gain, moody.
i take Synthroid 75 mcg and Cytomel 10 twice a day.
not sure if not converting and pooling are the hey same thing but h...