My sister had just been diagnosed with hypothyroidism too. Does this fact mean that it's likely hashi's that we both have? I mean what are the odds for both of us having it if it's not?
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Being sisters it is possible to have the same type of hypothyroidism. To confirm it is hashimoto's, thyroid antibodies have to be tested - if result is negative she would have 'normal' hypo if blood test results also prove she has hypo (not by the TSH alone).
Does 42 (<60) mean the its not autoimmune? Or can it still be? It seems like everywhere else the upper limit is 9 or 35...
You'd have to give the ranges which are next to the results and they are in brackets usually.
That is the range less than 60 and the other labs less than 9 or 35 depending on the lab. I'm just worried that the different reference ranges are like the different tsh ranges. That some labs keep the upper limit of the range too high.
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