Can anyone give me their insight to my new bloods, correctly taken. I have an endo appointment tomorrow and have been on levothyroxine first 3 months Teva and now a month of Accord all at 50 micrograms.
Vitamin D 49 (50-200) insufficient
Magnesium 1.07 (0.66-0.99) high
CRP 1.71 (<5.0)
Active B12 40 (37.5-150)
TSH 1.59 (0.27-4.20)
Free T4 20.4 (12.0-22.0)
Free T3 4.8(3.1-6.8)
T4 Total 123.0 (66-181)
Anti-Thyroglobulin Abs 447 (<115) high
Anti-Thyroidperoxidase Abs 154.0 (<34) high
Cortisol (Random) 172.0 (166-507)
Any advice on these blood result would be great.
Thank you
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Your antibodies are high this is Hashimoto's, (also known by medics here in UK more commonly as autoimmune thyroid disease).
Hashimoto's affects the gut and leads to low stomach acid and then low vitamin levels
Low vitamin levels affect Thyroid hormone working
Poor gut function can lead leaky gut (literally holes in gut wall) this can cause food intolerances.
Most common by far is gluten.
Dairy is second most common.
A trial of strictly gluten free diet is always worth doing
Only 5% of Hashimoto’s patients test positive for coeliac but a further 81% of Hashimoto’s patients who try gluten free diet find noticeable or significant improvement or find it’s essential
A strictly gluten free diet helps or is essential due to 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 may slowly lower TPO antibodies
While still eating high gluten diet ask GP for coeliac blood test first as per NICE guidelines
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.
Similarly few months later consider trying dairy free too. Approx 50-60% find dairy free beneficial
With loads of vegan dairy alternatives these days it’s not as difficult as in the past
I’m using the better you D3000, when I rang for the result for the receptionist said there was no notes added to the result and to get some vitamin D from the chemist, who didn’t have any so it was Tesco. I hope it’s not too much but I can go to a lower one after this.
Can I ask your opinion, do you think the levothyroxine dose should go up from 50, or is it just the vitamins that are coursing the problems?
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