This poll is ONLY for those born in the UK AND ... - Thyroid UK
This poll is ONLY for those born in the UK AND WITH Autoimmune Thyroid Disease (including Graves).
Please select all that apply:
What's the purpose of this poll?
Yes, I wondered about that too. Just a few lines to explain would have been good :0)
It seems that a system error occurred and resulted in a duplicate poll. I have posted the poll explanation below 
Inspired by Helvella’s post (here healthunlocked.com/thyroidu... ) about month of birth being significant for Autoimmune Thyroid disease diagnosis in Denmark, I've set up a poll for our forum.
The forum poll feature is ridiculously limited, so I've had to tailor it somewhat!
So, just select from the month of birth options that is most applicable for you, and also confirm that you were born in the UK.
NB this poll is ONLY applicable to those with a confirmed diagnosis of Autoimmune Thyroid Disease (i.e Hashimotos and/or Graves) and born in the UK.
Also, this is really just for fun. As well as the severe limitations of the poll feature here, results are necessarily skewed because of the skewed membership of a support forum.
So nothing can seriously be construed from the results of this poll 
I read somewhere that being ambidextrous is a risk factor for Hashimoto's, I don't have any family history haven't had any children and wondered what caused mine, I can see from your poll results that it doesn't favour a time of year, perhaps it's just fabulous people it picks on!
Well I write with my left hand but use my knife and fork "normally" ie. like a right-handed person. I use scissors in my right hand, left-handed ones are impossible! Tools I can use in either hand, whichever is easier if in a cramped space and tennis is either hand to serve. I play guitar right-handed as well.
When I was taught to write in the very early 60's there was a teacher who used to rap my knuckles with the sharp edge of a ruler if I used my left hand...it never worked!
So there you go, ambidextrous, like me but it's not genetic so how on earth can it be related?
I think being left or right-handed is affected by genetics. My mother's side of the family has loads of left-handed people in - far more than would be expected in the general population.
A couple of the lefties (a cousin and an uncle) were forced to use their right hands although they were naturally left-handed. One became ambidextrous, and both developed a stutter. Nobody else had stuttering problems.
Sounds just like me....though it was early 70s, a nun and the back of my head. 😊
Ambidextrous neuroligist once asked if I was ambidextrous
I would be interested in how many who list themselves are on T4 and describe themselves as 'well' and how many as 'not well'. Also how many are on T3 or combination T3/T4 who describe themselves as 'well' and how many 'not well'.
I'm on T4 and very well thanks 😋
This poll is far too trivial to attempt that sort of data collection. The technology is primitive!
However, there was a major survey done by Thyroid UK:
thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/campai...
Thank you. That is so helpful. I was not aware of it and it tells me everything I wanted to know. Good luck with the poll.
I'm on T4, but not well.
Also people who have no thyroid and people who have a disfunctional one.
It seems that a system error occurred and resulted in a duplicate poll. I have posted the poll explanation above
Thanks for responding and explaining :0)
I voted as I have Hashimotos - I take it that was ok x
Yes
Used to live nearer Hinckley power station for 8years and during that time my husband and I were diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Moved up to rural Lincolnshire to get away from what was known as the nuclear estuary of the Bristol channel
Why is this only for people born in the UK? Just curious.
Purpose of this vote?
What does that mean?
I have now received this poll five times this afternoon. Can you please stop sending it???
Would be interested to see the outcome 😊
I would be curious to see if there was a correlation in the year of birth. I've always had a sneaking suspicion that some thyroid cases like mine that are only classed as autoimmune, because they've eliminated everything else are actually possibly environmental.
warriorscot, As far as I know, if you've never tested positive for thyroid antibodies, then you wouldn't be classed as having autimmune thyroid disease. The term 'idiopathic' would seem more likely (i.e. unknown cause).
Wow. I was born in September and my brother and sister were born in October. I have Hashimotos and they both suffered very badly with Graves' disease in their late teens. Is there a connection?
Auto immune diseases whether Hashi or Graves or other AI diseases run in families and are said to be genetic. In my family there is Hashi, Diabetes, Asthma, Celiac, RA , Aspergers and maybe others that we don't know about yet.
Yes, this is indeed the current thinking. However a study in Denmark indicated that month of birth was also significant in people born there. healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...
I'm right-handed but can use my left for a number of different tasks.
Was diagnosed with autoimmune thyroid disease (hypothyroid) by chance after having blood tests for something else.
Interestingly, I do not have low ferritin like so many others here on the forum. In fact my ferritin is on the high side but I don't have Haemochromatosis. My TPO antibodies are 600+, TSH & T4 within normal limits now. I take 50 mcgs of Levothyroxine. My mother was younger than I am now when she had Grave's disease.
Voted at last, thanks RedApple 😀
It seems to me that so far, it confirms it is a normal distribution and nothing to do with when we are born.
Reminds me of a study once that I read quite a few years ago - someone buys a Barry Manilow record every 6 seconds and somebody dies every 6 seconds but as far as we know the two aren't correlated
Hi RedApple,
Thanks for organising this poll, it will be interesting to see the result, even though it is only partially for fun. Particularly interesting for me because I was born in June.
Best wishes.
Anne
