Negative antibodies query

[chloemcm]

Having tested negative for thyroid antibodies does this rule out having had thyroiditis or Hashimoto's?

[Heloise]

Yes, probably.

This functional medicine doctor talks about 22 reasons for having low thyroid and many have nothing to do with an autoimmune attack.

#1 youtube.com/watch?v=nZ_CP7l...(Not working as expected?)

[greygoose]

How many times have you tested negative? You can't rule out Hashi's on one negative result because anti-body levels vary. It would be safer to have serveral tests at various intervals - if such a thing is possible! But I know that most doctors only want to test it once whether it's negative or positive. If they test it at all, that is!

Hug, Grey