Hashimotos????

[Jodiedebs55]

Need advice please , my results on 3 seperate occasions were high anti bodies so i assume that's hashimotos ? Is that a certainty or a maybe ?? It's just im going to see my gp ( actually the man in the surgery) as I'm actually more qualified and usually self diagnose lol but anyway I want it in my records as hashimotos disease how can I be tested or indeed is there an actual test they can do to actually diagnose hashis ? As last time I asked he said hmmm maybe hang on what's hashis ?? ..... you get my point dont you thyroid family 😁

[MaisieGray]

He would know it by the medical term thyroiditis, or chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, and less likely by the name of the Japanese Dr who first described it in 1912, Hakaru Hashimoto.

Whether you have tested positive for Hashimoto's depends upon which antibodies were tested; and whether they tested 'high in range', or 'high' ie above range.

[Jodiedebs55 in reply to MaisieGray]

Thanks so much iv literally just got off the phone to him iv made an appointment

[SlowDragon Administrator]

In the U.K. Medics call it autoimmune thyroid disease and think antibodies case no problem whatsoever

Patients know from experience that antibodies do cause symptoms

Have you had vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 tested?

[Jodiedebs55 in reply to SlowDragon]

Hiya yes all tested 3 months ago and I take D3 , B complex, magnesium, and loads more I showed my results here and they were in range though D3 was missing though I take 5000iu D3 every day and that's the max dose , I shall have another test for those next tuesday

[Cooper27]

If in the UK, the doctor will know it (hopefully) as autoimmune thyroiditis. Hashimotos isn't so commonly used...

[Jodiedebs55 in reply to Cooper27]

Ok thankyou