I thought I would post this link to a paper that I came across - thought it interesting, especially the fact that treating the hypothyroidism improved the condition. Perhaps this might stand for some other autoimmune disorders that exist with Hashimoto’s?
Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) Secondary to Subc... - Thyroid UK
Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) Secondary to Subclinical Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
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Charlie-Farley
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Charlie-Farley,
Interesting find.
‘Treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism with levothyroxine in our patient significantly improved the platelets, thus successfully bringing the disease in remission’ evidencing yet another manifestation of low thyroid hormone, even if not the whole cause .
And ‘As incidence of thyroid antibodies is high with ITP, it is reasonable to screen ITP patients with thyroid antibodies’ evidencing yet another reason to try keeping thyroid antibodies & so auto-immune response low.
Thank you for posting.
You are welcome- I’ve got so much help from this forum it’s nice to be able to contribute 😊👍
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.
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