Guest guest Posted June 4, 2004 Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 I think this explains the info I read that says sometimes folks with lower levels of antibodies have more symptoms. Essentially, the diagnosis of Hashimoto's disease is based on finding thyroid antibodies in the blood. The level of these often increases as the disease progresses. In the late stages when all the thyroid gland has been destroyed, the level of the auto-antibodies may fall to low or undetectable levels. cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2004 Report Share Posted June 5, 2004 How many yrs does it take to do this? I've been hypo for 11 yrs, at least, and mine are 1000 and almost 2000. What you're quoting sounds just like my Merck Manual. I simply don't agree with this. Re: more antibody trivia I think this explains the info I read that says sometimes folks with lower levels of antibodies have more symptoms. Essentially, the diagnosis of Hashimoto's disease is based on finding thyroid antibodies in the blood. The level of these often increases as the disease progresses. In the late stages when all the thyroid gland has been destroyed, the level of the auto-antibodies may fall to low or undetectable levels. cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 In a message dated 6/6/2004 9:13:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, marin@... writes: > How many yrs does it take to do this? I've been hypo for 11 yrs, at least, > and mine are 1000 and almost 2000. What you're quoting sounds just like my > Merck Manual. I simply don't agree with this. > I don't know...it took me until 48 to crash hard into hypo...but i've had symptoms all my life...and I haven't had the antibodies tested again since being diagnosed a couple months ago. I don't know if it's true or not...just thought it was an interesting paragraph in an article i was reading. cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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