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Hi there! Recently I checked my thyroid hormones and my Anti TPO is 41 (norm should be 34). The rest are in norm. I had gastritis and fever for 2 months. Just got done with antibiotics, and fever has been down for a couple of days. So is high Anti TPO a reason to worry?

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greygoose

It means you have Autoimmune Thyroiditis - aka Hashi's - like most of us. Nothing to do with your fever. Not especially worrying, it just means that you will get more and more hypo, as your immune system slowly destroys your thyroid.

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Khumaryan in reply togreygoose

What can I do to prevent it?

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Khumaryan in reply toKhumaryan

If I fix my intestines and gastritis would that stop it?

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greygoose in reply toKhumaryan

No, it's nothing to do with your gastritis. But, repairing your intestines might help. You could have leaky gut. You would need to see a gastroenterologist.

But, basically, it's your immune system that has become confused, and now sees your thyroid as the enemy, to be destroyed.

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greygoose in reply toKhumaryan

Nothing. You've already got it. All you can do now is try and slow down the attacks, try and reduce antibodies, and replace the hormone that your thyroid can no-longer make enough of.

1) To slow down/lessen the immune system attacks, you need to keep your TSH suppressed - which is, of course, difficult, because it scares the life out of doctors!

2) To reduce antibodies, adopt a 100% gluten-free diet, and take selenium.

3) Have you been diagnosed as hypo? Have you had your thyroid hormones tested?

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Khumaryan in reply togreygoose

Yes, I have tested, all of them are in norm. Because of gastritis I took antibiotics since I had helicobacter pylori, and haven't been able to eat and absorb normally. Just talked to my doctor he told me to eat well, to exercise and in a couple of months to repeat the test. It may go back to normal once I strengthen my immune system.

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greygoose in reply toKhumaryan

Do you have the actual numbers? Because just being in-range isn't always good enough.

Helicobacter pylori is an indication that you have low stomach acid. Which is a hypo symptom.

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Khumaryan in reply togreygoose

Right now I am taking anti acid pills so that my gastritis may recover. And i took that test while on antiacid. My actual numbers are TSH 2.16, T3 1.05, T4 9.73, T4 free 18.31, Anti TPO 41.

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Khumaryan in reply toKhumaryan

My Vitamin D is also law.

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greygoose in reply toKhumaryan

Can you add the ranges, please. The results on their own are meaningless.

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Khumaryan in reply togreygoose

Yes, sorry. Here they are: TSH 2.16 (0.32-4.9), T3 1.05 (0.8-2), T4 9.73 (5.1-14.1), T4 free 18.31 (12-22), Anti TPO 41 (<34).

Thanks for helping me :)

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greygoose in reply toKhumaryan

Well, your TSH says your thyroid is struggling. But your FT4 is good. It's a pity they didn't test your FT3, because the T4 and T3 tests don't give you any useful information.

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Khumaryan in reply togreygoose

My TSH was 3.2 two months ago, after that I got helicobacter pylori and gastritis, and within 2 months it went down to 2.16.

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fortunata in reply toKhumaryan

If you have low stomach acid, then anti acid pills might not be a good idea.

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Khumaryan in reply tofortunata

I have now low stomach acid cause doctor prescribed for gastritis treatment. I had helicobacter pylori, and got done with antibiotics, now I have been on antiacid pills for a while so that stomack may recover soon. Doctor wants to reduce it for quick recovery. But at the same time antiacids increase Anti TPO level. So I am kinda confused.

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fortunata in reply toKhumaryan

Google ‘How your antacid medicine is making you sick’ by Chris Kresser.

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fortunata in reply tofortunata

Sorry... ‘How your antacid drug is making you sick.’

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Khumaryan in reply tofortunata

Thanks !

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greygoose in reply toKhumaryan

Who told you that antiacids increase TPO anitbodies? I really don't see how they could.

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Khumaryan in reply togreygoose

I read an article in Google.

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greygoose in reply toKhumaryan

Do you have a link? Because I can't find anything about it on Google.

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Khumaryan in reply togreygoose

I couldn't find it, I will send it to you when I get it.

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Khumaryan in reply togreygoose

I couldn't find the one about the antiacids, but check this one as well drruscio.com/thyroid-autoim...

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greygoose in reply toKhumaryan

Well, I'm really not convinced - or even mildly interested - in that! I'm not sure he really know what he's talking about, given that he couldn't even answer your simple question!

He ignores the fact that antibodies fluctuate, and a blood test is like a photo, just tell you what is going at that precise moment - not before and not after.

He also ignores the fact - or perhaps he doesn't know - that some Hashi's people never develop high antibodies. They are diagnosed by ultrasound.

And then there's those who don't have high TPO but have high Tg antibodies. Like me. If he'd just tested my TPOab he'd have told me there was nothing to worry about. But my TgAB were sky high, and as a result, my thyroid has now almost completely gone.

No, I think that's bad science.

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Khumaryan in reply togreygoose

So what are you doing for that? Are you taking hormones every day?

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greygoose in reply toKhumaryan

Yes. Have been for 17 years.

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Khumaryan in reply togreygoose

How do you feel?

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greygoose in reply toKhumaryan

OK, in general. There have been some very rough patches, over the years, though.

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Khumaryan in reply togreygoose

But Hashi people generally have higher TSH level, right?

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greygoose in reply toKhumaryan

Depends how much damage has been don't to the gland. The TSH and the antibodies aren't linked in that way.

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Khumaryan in reply togreygoose

I see! Check this one my friend

elephantjournal.com/2014/08...

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greygoose in reply toKhumaryan

OK, a lot of waffle for not much content. Just common sense advice, really, things a lot of us do, because it's just the way we live. But, I don't know that it's ever cured anyone's Hashi's. And, that article wasn't specifically about Hashi's, was it.

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Khumaryan in reply togreygoose

Not specifically for it, but it helps. Good advise to keep autoimmune attack under control.

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greygoose in reply toKhumaryan

Well, I hope it works for you.

It doesn"t mean you must have hashis you can be down with something else. And 41 isn't much but maybe you shouöd test your tsh ft4 once a year and if you get symptoms.

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