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good morning . I am not sure whether you will be able to help me but I hope you can direct me to someone who is able to advise. my daughter has a diagnosis of automimmune thyroiditis, her last test showed overv 2,5 k antibodies , however her thyroid function was not affected. I am just wandering during current covid pandemic what would be the best option for us as we live together and I am a frontline nurse in a care home with confirmed covid cases. thank you in advance

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Tanyakors, Welcome to the forum. Your concern is very understandable. It would be wrong for any of us to offer a definitive answer. Thyroid UK (the charity that are responsible for this forum), put out a statement about Covid19 and thyroid disease. Here is the link thyroiduk.org/tuk/newspage....

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Tanyakors in reply toRedApple

Thank you

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Does your daughter get her vitamin D, folate, B12 and ferritin levels tested regularly?

These are frequently low with Hashimoto’s and often need supplementing to maintain optimal levels

Ask GP to test levels or test privately

Private tests are available as NHS currently rarely tests Ft3 or thyroid antibodies or all relevant vitamins

List of private testing options

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...

Medichecks Thyroid plus ultra vitamin

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Medichecks often have special offers, if order on Thursdays

Thriva Thyroid plus vitamins

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Blue Horizon Thyroid Premium Gold includes vitamins

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Just vitamin D

vitamindtest.org.uk

Low vitamin D and respiratory disease

bmj.com/content/356/bmj.i6583

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Tanyakors in reply toSlowDragon

Thank you . Novsge does not get tested for anything else

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SlowDragonAdministrator in reply toTanyakors

All hashimoto's patients should have vitamin levels tested at least annually, preferably twice year

Plus Ft4 and Ft3

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Tanyakors

Thank you they still test my daughter for antibodies and t3 , t4 function. I am just worried working with covid patients bring it home potentially to my daughter.

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maggi999

The brief research I have conducted into covid-19 and autoimmune conditions directs medical practitioners to previously published reports on MERS and SARS and their effects re autoimmune. It indicates that the rheumatic autoimmune conditions may put a patient at risk of a 'cytokine storm' response, making the patient more ill initially, but the strong immune response aids recovery. There is not much information out there yet as Covid-19 is so new.

This is a very brief account of brief report. I do not have access to the reports on SARS and MERS and I am not a medical practitioner. Please do not critique this post as I will not respond. It is aimed at hopefully reassuring Tanyakors re her daughter's Hashimoto thyroiditis and her antibody status.

The report I read and it's scant findings however, do echo my personal experience of having a rheumatic autoimmune condition, contracting Covid-19, being seriously ill enough to go on a ventilator and my relatively quick recovery from the critical phase.

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Tanyakors in reply tomaggi999

Thank you

In as few words as possible:

Take the greatest care, take no chances whatever ANYBODY says, both your lives are at serious risk.

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ancientdeity

If you are a nurse and follow the guidelines including using and replacing high quality masks as often as needed you shouldn't get infected. But in case you get infected you might also infect her. I got infected by a friend that came to visit with other friends. I suffer from Hashimoto's and I got very ill from Covid-19.

I take lots of supplements for immunity and other purposes, but I feel like missing T3 is making a big difference.

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A sensible approach will be for you to ensure you keep distance between yourself and your daughter as she more at risk from you than her autoimmune thyroiditis

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