Just getting this straight in my head, It has all come as i bit of a shock i felt fine 12 weeks ago! thank you as always x
Hashimotos - There is no cure, but diet can help! You are not treating the antibodies with synthetic thyroxine, you are treating the thyroid that has been damaged by the antibodies!
Have i got that right! 🤔
If you don't change your diet (seems gluten is the enemy) Will the antibodies eventually kill your thyroid!
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You are not treating the antibodies with synthetic thyroxine, you are treating the thyroid that has been damaged by the antibodies!
You're not 'treating' anything with levo, not in the sense of making it better. Levo is thyroid hormone replacement. It replaces the hormone your thyroid can no-longer make enough of, and which you cannot live without.
It's not really the TPO/Tg antibodies damaging the thyroid. This article will explain what the antibodies do:
If you don't change your diet (seems gluten is the enemy) Will the antibodies eventually kill your thyroid!
As said above, it's not the antibodies killing your thyroid, it's the lymphocytes produced by your immune system. And they will, eventually, kill the thyroid whether you change your diet or not. But, it is thought that being gluten-free can slow the process down. It might and it might not. It is claimed that going gluten-free can reduce antibodies, but that's difficult to prove because antibodies fluctuate all the time. They might go down but the odds are they could go up again. In any case, as it's not the antibodies attacking the thyroid, reducing them probably doesn't serve any useful purpose.
But, going gluten-free might make you feel better, get rid of a few symptoms. It does with a lot of people, others it doesn't have any effect. Worth trying to find out.
The predominance of Hashimoto thyroiditis represents an interesting finding, since it has been indirectly confirmed by an Italian study, showing that autoimmune thyroid disease is a risk factor for the evolution towards NCGS in a group of patients with minimal duodenal inflammation. On these bases, an autoimmune stigma in NCGS is strongly supported
In summary, whereas it is not yet clear whether a gluten free diet can prevent autoimmune diseases, it is worth mentioning that HT patients with or without CD benefit from a diet low in gluten as far as the progression and the potential disease complications are concerned
Despite the fact that 5-10% of patients have Celiac disease, in my experience and in the experience of many other physicians, at least 80% + of patients with Hashimoto's who go gluten-free notice a reduction in their symptoms almost immediately.
Ok? Why if positive would you have to carry on with it?! I don’t understand x I can’t think I have a gluten intolerance as I don’t have any other symptoms? It’s all so confusing xx
If you test positive for coeliac disease you have to continue eating gluten rich diet until endoscopy.
This is to double check that positive coeliac test is correct. You can get false positive results and false negative results
I had zero gut symptoms. Two negative coeliac blood test results. But endoscopy revealed damage as if coeliac. Gastroenterologist couldn't believe I wasn't Coeliac. But subsequent DNA test said probably not coeliac. .........it was all academic......giving up gluten was significant improvement
With Hashimoto's it's always worth trying strictly gluten free diet. But get coeliac blood test first
Gluten problem with Hashimoto's is more to do with molecular mimicry
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