Hi all. Need to pick brains again please. I have been doing more reading (googling) while I wait to have the next lot of blood tests done and get my stool tests back after the doc asked for it following a recent attack of bad stomach pain,bloating and diarrhoea. (not usual after one attack so he must have seen something in my record to warrant asking for it, I only called them to ask if it could be my new BP meds causing it).
Anyway I found an article or two mentioning that Hashi is characterised by raised numbers of Lymphocytes attacking the thyroid. Well my TSH is 9.4 (0.27-4.5) and my FT4 is 13.6 (11-22) and I have high TPOab (no figures just told it was high) which several people here said is Hashi but my last blood test showed Lymphocyte count (42M) 2.48 (0.8-4.0) which is mid range not high so does this mean that it might actually not be Hashi after all? Could this be why my doc is so reluctant to call it Hashi despite sysmtoms and high TPO? Should I just stay off google? 😉 Angie
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Your Lymphocyte count is part of the white cell count for fighting off infection. It isn't related to autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto's).
High TPOab means you have Hashimoto's. There is no cure for Hashimoto's which causes 90% of hypothyroidism. Levothyroxine treatment is for the low thyroid levels it causes. Many people have found that 100% gluten-free diet is helpful in reducing Hashi flares, symptoms and eventually antibodies.
On the contrary - stay on google and keep on learning. Your doctor is likely to know very little about Hashimoto's other than this is an autoimmune disease which affects thyroid and probably will not make any connection between your gut and Hashi anyway while you might have intestinal permeability (aka leaky gut) which is a common factor leading to developing Hashis or even coeliac disease present in a percentage of Hashi sufferers. Best to investigate and hopefully eliminate the latter but most of all education about it all can only help you. Best of luck!
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