Inflammation of thyroid

[burnsdeb]

Hi I have never posted before but was wondering what symptoms would I have if my thyroid was inflammed.

I have a feeling like I am getting a sore throat and swallowing a bit difficult plus feeling quite tired. I have hashimotos not sure if I have a virus or something more.

[shaws Administrator]

Welcome to our forum and members will respond if they've had similar experience to you.

You haven't completed your Profile - only your name. If you could add a short history of your journey, i.e. when diagnosed, with what and dose of hormones you take.

However, I see you have been diagnosed with Hashimoto's (an Autoimmune Thyroid Disease due to thyroid antibodies being present in your blood). It is the commonest form of hypothyroidism as the antibodies attack your thyroid gland and they wax and wane: sometimes you feel hyper (not hyperthyroid) and at other times not sufficient thyroid hormone replacement.

Going gluten-free can help reduce antibodies.

When you have blood tests, they have to be at the very earliest, fasting and allow a gap of 24 hours from your last dose of levothyroxine and the test and take afterwards. This helps give us the best outcome and may prevent doctors adjusting dose down instead of increase.

Always get a print-out of your results, with the ranges - for your own records - and you can post if you have a query and would like comments upon them.

If you haven't had B12, Vit D, iron, ferritin and folate tested, ask next time as all have to be optimal not just 'in range' as many doctors seem to believe. They have to be optimum.

You may need an increase in your dose and if you haven't had a recent blood test request one which includes TSH, T4, T3, Free T4, Free T3 and thyroid antibodies plus the vitamins/minerals.

We have to ask questions, read and learn if we want to recover our health as their appears to be few doctors who recognise symptoms and believe a TSH somewhere in the range is fine. It isn't we need a TSH of 1 or lower with FT4 and FT3 in the upper part of the range. If GP or lab wont test the frees we have two labs which will do them for you and they are postal home pin-prick tests.