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What Causes Autoimmune Disease After Treatment Of Overactive Thyroid?
Question: had treatment for thyroid over active now told that she has autoimmune decease
Brief Answer:
Thyroid
Detailed Answer:
Didnt quite catch the question especially in terms of who is being referred to here.
If I understand this correctly, this is a 47 year old female who had treatment for an overactive thyroid at the age of 15, and now has been told to have autoimmune disease.
If so, it is important to know the current levels of the following in the blood, by doing a laboratory test. Fasting is not required and it can be done at any time of the day or night.
TSH
Free T4
If these are abnormal only then further testing is necessary such as antibodies if the TSH is abnormally high.
Whoever informed you that you have autoimmune disease may have possibly seen evidence to suggest this in the form of a positive blood test result for thyroid peroxidase or thyroglobulin antibodies. These are worth reading into only if the TSH is abnormal. Otherwise they tend to indicate only a tendency to potentially develop an underactive thyroid in future. It may not necessarily occur 100%. Further these antibodies can be positive in overactive thyroid states too, and hence requires experience in interpreting them.
Thyroid
Detailed Answer:
Didnt quite catch the question especially in terms of who is being referred to here.
If I understand this correctly, this is a 47 year old female who had treatment for an overactive thyroid at the age of 15, and now has been told to have autoimmune disease.
If so, it is important to know the current levels of the following in the blood, by doing a laboratory test. Fasting is not required and it can be done at any time of the day or night.
TSH
Free T4
If these are abnormal only then further testing is necessary such as antibodies if the TSH is abnormally high.
Whoever informed you that you have autoimmune disease may have possibly seen evidence to suggest this in the form of a positive blood test result for thyroid peroxidase or thyroglobulin antibodies. These are worth reading into only if the TSH is abnormal. Otherwise they tend to indicate only a tendency to potentially develop an underactive thyroid in future. It may not necessarily occur 100%. Further these antibodies can be positive in overactive thyroid states too, and hence requires experience in interpreting them.
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