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I was given the diagnosis os Hashimoto's Disease around 15 or more years ago . I am a 56 yr. old woman. I take my daily sythroid pill everyday, a dose to keep my levels right, which I have checked every 6mos. or so with my primary. Recently I was...
is there a difference between Hypothyroidism and Hashimotos disease?
If so wom?hat is it?And how is it treated?
I have Hashimotos syndrome and have been taking Synthroid since 1998. I was in for my physical today and as the doctor was reviewing my blood work we were having our usual celebratory dance as I am a very healthy 49...
Hello, I have Bilatteral undefined hypoechoic lesions within my Thyroid lobe. Left is 1.7cm and the right is 3.7cm found by an Ultrasound. I am scheduled for the biopsy August 24 which see a long time to wait. For...
is it possible to lose all of your eyebrows, not just the outer third due to Hashimoto's hyperthyroidism?
7 years ago after I gave birth to my son I started getting chronic insomnia, after 6 weeks of not being able...
Is Erfa or Armour Thyroid the best option for a hypothyroid patient with Hashimoto's?
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I'm 17-week pregnant. I have Hashimoto. I've used medication for six years, so my TSH level were between 0.5 and 1.0. My medication was 150 mg for 5 days a week and 100 mg. for 2 days a week. But in my 5th...
I have had a neck rash come & go for the last couple of months & was diagnosed with Hashimoto's the beginning of November. It can be itchy sometimes & other times it is more flushed than anything. Can this be caused...
Here are the facts: I have Hashimoto's, diagnosed when I begged for additional lab testing ( antibody level 782). Md finally stopped telling me I should "start jogging, elliptical workouts weren't enough to improve my...
About 4 years ago I was told that I had sever hypothyroidism (myxedema) but I wasn't treated because I was pregnant and he was not my "normal" physician. He said that I needed T4 and that I should come see him when I...
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Hi I am 39 YR OLD MALE Single from Delhi. I am suffering from Hypothyroid since 8 yrs. My T3 and T4 are always normal. TSH keep varying ,therefore I am taking eltroxin 100 MCG now. I started with 50 mcg ,then went on to take 75 mcg . and now am...
User : Hi I have no thyroid gland at all due to Hashimotos thyroiditis. My doctor has me on 175 mcg of levothyroxine, but I still have symptoms of hypothyroidism, especially the weight gain, fatigue, excessive appetite, and sleepiness even after...
User : I just had a microsomalAB test done. I keep reading that a "negative" result is good but what IS negative? My result was 0.4 but my other thyroid tests were in normal range...?
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User : Can a person have rigors without fever? Twice now I have been woken in the middle of the night with violent, intense chills or rigors which lasted for over an hour involving my whole body. I am not sick nor do I have a fever. What could be...
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My doctor seems to not even consider this even though Both my siblings and other relatives are hypothyroid. My sister had normal tsh several times and finally had a reading that indicated that she had a...
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I have been taken quite ill recently but my doctor is still not sure what is wrong with me. It started on the 2nd of January when I had terrible symptoms of dizziness , feeling like I was about to pass out, heart palpatations, chest pain , a rush feeling heading towards my head, feeling incredibly hot but temp reading in normal range, tingling...
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Relationship Hashimoto s Disease or Hypothyroidism [diagnosis since 2009] to First Degree Heart Block [since 1959 at least, when diagnosed] and Heart Attack [see Susan Cheng, Framingham Study and @2011 British Study in is it EuroCardio? ~ if Heart Attack those with Block more prone to death]. Thank you! Douglass Adamsson, AB Yale, JD, EdD, MDiv...
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Hello everybody...need some advice please. I was diagnosed with Hashimoto s just over 4 weeks ago.Took 25 mcg of thyroxine for 2 weeks and since then been on 50 mcg.My TSH has gone from 27 to 5.6.T3 up from 2.1 to 2.3 T4 up from 6.8 to 8.8.I am under the impression that the aim of treatment is for a TSH of less than 2 but my Doc says it is a...
Apo Sulfatrim Ds 800 160 Mg Side Affects I took this antibiotic for only 7-8 days, for a condition that I did not have. I then stopped when my doctor said that I did not have a bladder infection. I have Hashimoto s disease but was not on meds, until last week. The above antibiotic KILLED my thyroid! I had an acute attack of my thyroid gland...
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Hi, I have a question. For about the past week, I have been feeling under my chest area, towards the middle (sometimes different sides but still close to the middle) a quick, squeezing of the heart type of feeling. I know it s kind of hard to describe. Today this feeling actually seemed to be felt from my back area as well. I am a 45 year old...
Hi. I had bloodwork done in December and it came back ANA+ Anti DsDNA was 12 and ANA titer was 1:16; my gynecologist was very alarmed and said I need to see a Rheumatologst but my endocrinologist (I have Hashimoto s) said it was no big deal. I ve been tested for Lupus and Rheumatoid arthritis in the past; both came back negative.
I had blood work done at the time i was getting over a 3 week long bad head cold, not the flu though, just a viral thing (couch, mucus , congestion, swollen lymph nodes back of neck). My atypical lymphocytes were 5%. CBC, CMP, and LFTs all normal. Normal thyroid and normal thyroid autoantibodies. My rheumatoid factor was 20.2 (range is 0-20). So...
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Hello Dr Christensen, I ve been diagnosed with Hashimoto s disease 18 days ago, counting the days I m taking each tablet of thyroxine , starting on 50 mcg. I m feeling pretty much the same, extreme tiredness most of the time, lack of energy and can only focus on the moment and task at hand . Manage to go to work each day which takes all my...
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I have a 14 yr old son just recently diagnosis with Hashimoto s Thyroiditis . He has , in the past had some shortness of breath....some lightheadedness and bad headaches...some chest pain...all chest xrays and PFT s show he is ok. However, an EKG was done on him recently and it showed sinus tachycardia and incomplete RBBB ... I am concerened.
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Hello, I received a dental bone graft (actually 2 side by side) during oral surgery to remove several impacted wisdom teeth first week of Nov. 2012. First week of Dec. 2012, I began having Orthostatic Hypotension issues (confirmed at clinic & ER). Could this be related to the oral surgery or graft? Age 39, other potentially relevent history,...
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