Found this site a few weeks ago and I am trying to get on top of my Thyroid issues...I've done two sets of tests this year, but still need to do the vitamins and iron tests you guys keep suggesting. I did the antibody test in October and it came back positive. So does this mean I have Hashimoto's?
Oct results (been on 50mg of Levothyroxine since 27 Oct 2020)
The first thing people are going to ask you is to edit your post to add the reference ranges for your test results. So to save time, it would be good if you could add them.
Hi SlowDragonI started the meds on 27 Oct 2020 - so only been a few weeks. Am aware 50 mcg is a starter dose. I want to get the vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 tested soon.
According to Izabella Wentz the Thyroid Pharmacist approx 5% with Hashimoto's are coeliac, but over 80% find gluten free diet helps, sometimes significantly. Either due to direct 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
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.
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