Daughters results

Morning everyone.

So after my own results of high antibodies a couple of weeks ago and talking my concerns theough with you amazing people on here ,i decided to get my daughter tested also, since we share the same health issues (fibro/chronic fatigue) which i might add ive never believed..bizarrely we have almost identical symptoms very often at the same time ..we are very close so we just put it down to that

Any thoughts would be very appreciated as it seems clear to me theres something going on here .

Thanks folks

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Also her b12 looks very low to me ??

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Infact all vitamins look worrying apart from the vitamin D

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Like you, she only has raised TG antibodies. This is a problem because NHS refuses to diagnose hashimoto’s based only on high TG antibodies

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/303...

healthline.com/health/antit...

Ft4 is very low

Ft3 pretty good

TSH not raised in slightest

Vitamin D might be better at least around 80nmol and around 100nmol may be better

B12 is fine ...it’s Active B12 test result - anything over 70 is fine

Folate ok ...we usually say over ten as minimum

Ferritin is low. Probably not low enough to get GP to agree to full iron panel test for anaemia

What’s her diet like ?

Vegetarian?

Look at increasing iron rich foods

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Thankyou slowdragon ..unlike my daughter ,both my thyroglobulin "and" paroxidase antibodies are raised.I also have a low T4.

Her thyroglobulin are more raised than mine tho.

Her diet is relitively good she is vegetarian .

She is a newish mum and was anemic.She takes oral iron .

Obviously struggling to get her levels up.

What could be the significance of the low T4 slowdragon?

I have wondered this for myself too.

Many thanks !

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As a vegetarian she will need to work hard and continuously to maintain optimal vitamin levels

All plant based iron is non-heme and much harder to absorb

Heavy periods are common when hypothyroid and this can be a problem too

As you have high TPO antibodies (sorry missed that) strictly gluten free diet often helps or is essential

Wether it helps if only have high TG antibodies....only way to know is to try it

According to Izabella Wentz the Thyroid Pharmacist approx 5% with Hashimoto's are coeliac, but over 80% find strictly gluten free diet reduces symptoms, sometimes significantly. Either due to gluten intolerance (no test available) or due to leaky gut and gluten causing molecular mimicry (see Amy Myers link)

Changing to a strictly gluten free diet may help reduce symptoms, help gut heal and slowly lower TPO antibodies

While still eating high gluten diet ask GP for coeliac blood test first or buy test online for under £20, just to rule it out first

Assuming test is negative you can immediately go on strictly gluten free diet

(If test is positive you will need to remain on high gluten diet until endoscopy, maximum 6 weeks wait officially)

Trying strictly gluten free diet for 3-6 months

If no noticeable improvement, reintroduce gluten and see if symptoms get worse

chriskresser.com/the-gluten...

amymyersmd.com/2018/04/3-re...

thyroidpharmacist.com/artic...

drknews.com/changing-your-d...

restartmed.com/hashimotos-g...

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No worries at all .Cant be expected to remember everything that gets posted

Yes totally agree she is taking oral iron spray .However i was also borerline anemic for most of my adult life because of extreme heavy periods and took me about 10 years to get ferritin from a 7 to 50 with suplimentation.

Thanks so much.I went gluten fee a couple of weeks ago .

Its a struggle !

Thanks again

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So you likely have been hypothyroid all that time....heavy periods are classic hypothyroid symptom