Tg antibodies help please

[magsyh]

I am worried about my sister. I know nothing about tg antibodies because mine are very low so never been something to think about. My sister has been on 150mcg levothyroxine for 17 years. Overcast few months a new doctor has lowered her dose to 100mcg because her TSH is suppressed. Same old story.

She hasn't had much help from her doc so I encouraged her to get a test from medichecks.

Results this morning were bad! Her TSH has risen to 0.8 from 0.02 but her T4 is now 12.8 (12-22) her T3 3.88 (3.1-6.8)

Her tg antibodies are off the scale at 1560. This was end of scale. Tpo was 14.6

This has sent my alarm bells ringing, should her tg antibodies be that high?

I was scared to suggest she gets her thyroid scanned as I'm sure our mother died of thyroid cancer. 32 years ago she had throat cancer which was too far gone by the time they found it and I can remember when she died she had a big lump on the front of her throat. My sister knows nothing about thyroid but I have always suspected she had hashimotos.

Are these results something to worry about?

[fuchsia-pink]

I have always suspected she had hashimotos

And now you know she does. If you look at the "topics" on the right, you will see literally thousands of posts on Hashis. greygoose is always excellent on the topic too.

As far as her blood tests are concerned, it's a shame you have yet another GP obsessed with TSH, when s/he should be concerned that freeT4 is crawling along the floor and free T3 is only 21% through range. She should be on more levo, not less ...

Good luck x

[SlowDragon Administrator]

When under medicated TG antibodies frequently rise up

Her Ft4 and Ft3 are now far too low

She needs 25mcg dose increase in levothyroxine and bloods retested in 6-8 weeks

She needs vitamin D, folate , ferritin and B12 tested ...privately if necessary

Email Dionne at Thyroid UK for list of recommend thyroid specialist endocrinologists

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[knitwitty]

If it's any consolation my Tg antibodies were raised when I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's and my TPO antibodies were normal.

I have gone completely gluten free and I have got the Tg antibodies down to the 20's -30's with abnormal levels being above 115 ( I think).

I feel much better for being gluten free and I now also take T3 as well as my levothyroxine.