Re: Hashimoto's...what causes it?

[Guest guest]

Jim,

The following is from a medical website:

The genes people inherit contribute to their susceptibility for developing an autoimmune disease. Certain diseases such as psoriasis can occur among several members of the same family. This suggests that a specific gene or set of genes predisposes a family member to psoriasis. In addition, individual family members with autoimmune diseases may inherit and share a set of abnormal genes, although they may develop different autoimmune diseases. For example, one first cousin may have lupus, another may have dermatomyositis, and one of their mothers may have rheumatoid arthritis.

BTW, a daughter inherits genes from her father. Example: my father had paget's disease and my sister and I inherited it.

Hope this helps.

Nan

I thought I would ask around on the thyroid boards to see what I could

come up with. This is something that really bugs me.

I eat a VERY healthy diet and I excercise I always have and I don't

smoke drink or do drugs yet I still have antibodies...I just don't get

it!

Jim

[Guest guest]

Jim, I don't smoke, drink, or eat crap either and I still have this

too. I suppose it's just our body chemistry and not something

we " did " to bring this on ourselves. It's not like the smoker who

gets lung cancer.

I am doing some research into an autoimmune diet. A friend of mine

has JRA -Juvenille Rhuematoid Arthritis - had it since she was 3 -

she's now 38. She swears by it. And while it doesn't reverse her

disease, it does keep it in check. She doesn't eat the same food for

5 days.. so only 1 x in five days will she eat Chicken. Sorry to

digress.. I suppose it's just our lot in life. Some people get this,

some get cancer, some get both.

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> I thought I would ask around on the thyroid boards to see what I

could

> come up with. This is something that really bugs me.

>

> I eat a VERY healthy diet and I excercise I always have and I don't

> smoke drink or do drugs yet I still have antibodies...I just don't

get

> it!

>

>

> Jim

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Judy

I've had this for a long time I think but I don;t know when it first

started.

Jim

> >

> > I thought I would ask around on the thyroid boards to see what I

> could

> > come up with. This is something that really bugs me.

> >

> > I eat a VERY healthy diet and I excercise I always have and I

don't

> > smoke drink or do drugs yet I still have antibodies...I just

don't

> get

> > it!

> >

> >

> > Jim

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Nan

The way I feel a lot of days I don't feel like I will live any where

near that long!!

I went to doctors for like 12 years before I got thyroid antibody

tests run on me like 2 years ago and I thought that was really bad!

Jim

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> Jim,

>

> From what I read, auto immune disease is hereditary. It remains

dormant

> until a significant event causes it to surface. The event can be

an accident,

> stress, pollution, menopause, etc. Although my

parents/grandparents were never

> dx, they had the symptoms. The fact that they were not dx was

not a

> surprise me. It took 40 year for me and my sister to obtain

proper testing,

> diagnosis and treatment.

>

> Having antibodies does not mean you can not live a long life.

Members of my

> family lived to be 100. Keep doing what you do and you will be

around for

> many years to come. Nan

> > I thought I would ask around on the thyroid boards to see what I

could

> > come up with. This is something that really bugs me.

> >

> > I eat a VERY healthy diet and I excercise I always have and I

don't

> > smoke drink or do drugs yet I still have antibodies...I just

don't get

> > it!

> >

> > Jim

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks

That sounds like a rotation diet.

I tried this before.

My problem is I eat many times a day in smaller meals usually 5-9

times a day.

It was a nightmare to prepare the food and try to figure out what to

eat and get proper nutrition day to day for me.

But you know what I do eat a lot of the same foods (although healthy)

over and over but it's hard for me to break out of it!

Jim

> >

> > I thought I would ask around on the thyroid boards to see what I

> could

> > come up with. This is something that really bugs me.

> >

> > I eat a VERY healthy diet and I excercise I always have and I

don't

> > smoke drink or do drugs yet I still have antibodies...I just

don't

> get

> > it!

> >

> >

> > Jim

> >

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