Auto Immune Disease

[sidneymark70]

Please can you help me. I have had Hashimotos for a long time - I’m over 70. I keep hearing about auto immune disease being dangerous during this Covid epidemic. So am I one of those in a dangerous position?!

I am self isolating anyway.

[jimh111]

Thyroid autoimmunity is not dangerous for Covid-19, we have immune responses to loads of infections. The coronavirus is completely different to thyroid. Here is some information thyroiduk.org/tuk/newspage.... and you can also reference the BTA/SFE link which is also useful.

[sidneymark70 in reply to jimh111]

Ah thanks Jim that’s put my mind at rest!

[SlowDragon Administrator]

You might want to test your vitamin D levels as low vitamin D does seem to be significant for corvid

Obviously Hashimoto’s patients frequently have low vitamin D, folate, B12 and ferritin

Do you regularly get these tested?

Just vitamin D test

vitamindtest.org.uk

Few links

bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m15...

bmj.com/content/356/bmj.i6583

sciencealert.com/covid-deat...

www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.amp...

[sidneymark70 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you Slow Dragon. Been taking vitamin D for years because of deficiency. But don’t know about B12 and Ferritin. Am currently looking into magnesium, I’ve heard that can help with sleeping problems and anxiety.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to sidneymark70]

Anxiety is often symptom of not being on high enough dose of levothyroxine or low vitamin levels causing poor conversion of Ft4 to Ft3

Do you have any recent thyroid or vitamin test results