Blood results..hashimotoa and possible rheumatoid!

[MySpirit]

Thank u for letting me join! My daughter 24 was diagnosed hashi. Age 15 and has been on LEVO. Since. However she now finally admitted to serious and increasing joint pain and stiffness building g up over past 2 years. She had a critical time a year ago and was tested for meningitis etc for iflammation in brain.

She now has serious fatigue and very underweight.

I would so appreciate any advice or comment from these recent blood tests...3 images but can't upload alp at once.

Her gp wants to pirsue rheumatoid only due to a rheumatoid factor of 65 but I'm not convinced it isn't thyroid driven.thank you all in advance.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Extremely common with Hashimotos to have gluten intolerance, due to leaky gut.

Poor gut can lead to low vitamin D, folate, B12 and ferritin

Very important to get them tested and the actual figures and ranges

Read as much as possible about Hashimotos

The Thyroid Pharmacist website and the thyroid secret video on YouTube

Amy Myers, Chris Kresser and DrKnews .com amongst many others that look at the gut and thyroid and gluten connection

[Hidden]

Many with Rheumatoid, Lupus and others have Hashimoto's as common autoimmune pairings. I would say that her RF is within the bounds of being taken seriously for RA and she needs referring to a rheumatologist asap. I don't think her thyroid bloods as shown would explain her other symptoms if she's already on thyroxine. I could be wrong as it's hard to read on my iPad sideways but there seem to be no bloods for inflammation here? These are usually taken if a person has painful, stiff joints. The earlier RA is caught and treated the better. Often GPs drag their heels on referrals so you should be pleased that they get on with this for her asap - they must be concerned and see RA and other diseases all the time so if I were your daughter I'd let them get on with it. I know it's a scary thought but better to get this investigated now.

A rheumatologist would be able to know if it's thyroid driven but it doesn't look that way to me and I would want the specific Lupus, RA and Sjogren's antibodies all checked out by a consultant rheumatologist as one type of autoimmunity can lead to or be caused by others. In my case I have primary Sjögren's misdiagnosed as RA and my Hashis was diagnosed 15 years ago. I believe the two are part of the same for me i.e. the Hashis has been brought on by longstanding Sjogren's. I've had chronic fatigue and sicca symptoms plus eczema and Alopecia Areata since I was a child but no one ever tested my thyroid bloods back then or my autoantibodies for connective tissue diseases - let alone Sjogren's. Lupus, Sjogren's and RA all have more specific antibodies that often show up but not always. Only a rheumatologist can order these I believe.

[MySpirit in reply to Hidden]

Thank you. You have been through it. Yes we will get ll investigated ASAP.

I'm having trouble upon ding more than one image of blood results.any ideas thank you.

[Hidden in reply to MySpirit]

So what you do is edit your photos of blood results first on your camera by rotating them clockwise all the way round until they are upright and clear.

Then you go back to edit your post with the photo of the relevant blood results for the relevant communities. So here you just need to delete the image and then re-upload it after rotating it on your edit facility. For the rheumatology results you should join NRAS or Lupus UK HealthUnlocked and post your other results on either of these communities. On Lupus UK and NRAS people are not allowed to give out medical advice or explain the science but they can say "oh yes i have these symptoms and similar bloods too".

You can only post one image at a time on each of your posts it's not like Facebook. But you can delete this one and post another if you want. But make sure you rotate them on your photo edit first and make sure you post the relevant bloods to the relevant communities. And don't expect diagnosis on the other communities as it's strictly only for support and advice. Good luck and let's hope your daughter doesn't have a rheumatic disease - but if she does then the sooner she knows the better! 🤞🏽

[MySpirit]

How do I upload images within my replies please...more blood results.