----Thyroid Antibodies----Surgical Anesthetics

[Guest guest]

, Hello!

The thyroid antibodies are working to destroy what function left that you have

in your thyroid. You definitely have Hashimoto's with those antibodies. I am

all too familiar because mine are high also. Autoantibodies, as they are

called, have a wrong chemical signal to the killer T cells to destroy something

that they shouldn't be destroying. Ordinarily, the T helper cells and killer T

cells get a chemical signal to " recognize " ones own body parts and blood, etc,

and to regulate and deregulate these actions.....but something goes wrong, and

the autoantibodies form against a particular body part and attack it. A lot of

the literature says that the PROPER amt of thyroid hormone will help knock down

the # of these things, but that does not necessarily mean that they will

completely disappear. There are different things like stress, poor diet, more

long ongoing stress, chemicals, and the like, that help the situation along, but

basically, we've usually got a chromosome defect somewhere. These are

particular chromosomes, with names. I just posted a link on this a couple of

days ago. The vitamins and minerals and such that we've been talking about

recently have a lot to do with nutritional support for the thyroid, but I will

NOT say that it is a cure, I will just say that when our immune systems are so

warn out from fighting a chronic disease, we definitely need these things and so

much more.

The other thing about your post, for some reason, reminded me of something that

I haven't heard brought up, and it has to do with surgical anesthetics to put us

to sleep. This is something else that I do remember about myself, in addition

to hundreds of other causes, is that I had my last surgery literally right

before my symptoms started. Of course, it was a hysterectomy, so some would say

that it was female hormone changes going on, but I do remember that the Merck

Manual says something about one of the causes of the thyroiditis's being

surgical anesthesias, and I had completely forgotten this cause. I can't

remember which ones, but I remember reading it there. I think this is something

we haven't discussed, at least since I got here.

[Guest guest]

this is interesting, because my problems also started after my hysterectomy. I

blamed it on the hormones - never would have thought of the anesthesia.

and - after my surgery last august, I had more problems, but I blamed it on them

going in thru my neck and pushing my thyroid around - very interesting!

Cris

----Thyroid Antibodies----Surgical

Anesthetics

, Hello!

much more.

The other thing about your post, for some reason, reminded me of something that

I haven't heard brought up, and it has to do with surgical anesthetics to put us

to sleep. This is something else that I do remember about myself, in addition

to hundreds of other causes, is that I had my last surgery literally right

before my symptoms started. Of course, it was a hysterectomy, so some would say

that it was female hormone changes going on, but I do remember that the Merck

Manual says something about one of the causes of the thyroiditis's being

surgical anesthesias, and I had completely forgotten this cause. I can't

remember which ones, but I remember reading it there. I think this is something

we haven't discussed, at least since I got here.

[Guest guest]

Fascinating, ! The only surgery I had BEFORE my hypothryoidism, was a

tonsillectomy at age 10. I did get chunky around that age. Do all girls get

chunky around that age? I find this very interesting! I developed severe stomach

pains somewhere around that age and my father took me to the ER doubled over in

pain. It turned out to be constipation! I can't remember if that was before or

after the tonsillectomy. I'm thinking probably after. Thanks, !

in Va.

----- \The other thing about your post, for some reason, reminded me of

something that I haven't heard brought up, and it has to do with surgical

anesthetics to put us to sleep. This is something else that I do remember about

myself, in addition to hundreds of other causes, is that I had my last surgery

literally right before my symptoms started. Of course, it was a hysterectomy,

so some would say that it was female hormone changes going on, but I do remember

that the Merck Manual says something about one of the causes of the

thyroiditis's being surgical anesthesias, and I had completely forgotten this

cause. I can't remember which ones, but I remember reading it there. I think

this is something we haven't discussed, at least since I got here.

\

[Guest guest]

If anyone finds a link on this subject, anesthesia related to autoimmune

problems, please share it. I search a bit and kind find anything.

in Va.

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this is interesting, because my problems also started after my hysterectomy. I

blamed it on the hormones - never would have thought of the anesthesia.

and - after my surgery last august, I had more problems, but I blamed it on

them going in thru my neck and pushing my thyroid around - very interesting!

Cris