Re: Re: Can TPO Test diagnose Hashimoto's? -

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

So are you saying that a goiter is indicative of Hashis, and testing is

irrelevant or unnecessary? I've never had my anti-bodies tested but I have

had, along with other relatives, a visibly noticeable goiter. Doc always

had student docs palpate it. I think it is the smallest it has been in 15

years since I switched to Armour.

Jen R.

-- Re: Re: Can TPO Test diagnose Hashimoto's?

Only if the gland is very swollen, with goiter (which by definition IS

enlargment of the gland), or there is a very large distinct nodule that can

be felt from the outside. However, don't depend on a lot of doctors being

able to feel for a swollen thyroid because many of them just don't know how

to feel for one, unless your throat is ridiculously swollen, so that anyone

could see if something's wrong. Also, a Hashi's gland can be quite

inflamed, but if it's already in the fibrotic stage, with shrinkage and

hardening, it can still inflame, but may not appear or feel very large from

the outside of the body. The patient would know the most, i.e., choking, a

full feeling in the throat, feeling like you can't quite swallow something,

or that there is something there that wasn't quite swallowed. With this

type of inflammation, there can be pain that goes clear up to the ears and

down the neck, even to the back of the neck, because of nerve compression

and such (space occupying enlargment and/or nodules). I personally think

that I've got nodules that are now shrinking, due to suppression of TSH and

keeping the thyroid hormones a little higher, though I've not had an

ultrasound done in over 10 yrs, but need one, I'm sure. Money.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

So are you saying that a goiter is indicative of Hashis, and testing is

irrelevant or unnecessary? I've never had my anti-bodies tested but I have

had, along with other relatives, a visibly noticeable goiter. Doc always

had student docs palpate it. I think it is the smallest it has been in 15

years since I switched to Armour.

Jen R.

-- Re: Re: Can TPO Test diagnose Hashimoto's?

Only if the gland is very swollen, with goiter (which by definition IS

enlargment of the gland), or there is a very large distinct nodule that can

be felt from the outside. However, don't depend on a lot of doctors being

able to feel for a swollen thyroid because many of them just don't know how

to feel for one, unless your throat is ridiculously swollen, so that anyone

could see if something's wrong. Also, a Hashi's gland can be quite

inflamed, but if it's already in the fibrotic stage, with shrinkage and

hardening, it can still inflame, but may not appear or feel very large from

the outside of the body. The patient would know the most, i.e., choking, a

full feeling in the throat, feeling like you can't quite swallow something,

or that there is something there that wasn't quite swallowed. With this

type of inflammation, there can be pain that goes clear up to the ears and

down the neck, even to the back of the neck, because of nerve compression

and such (space occupying enlargment and/or nodules). I personally think

that I've got nodules that are now shrinking, due to suppression of TSH and

keeping the thyroid hormones a little higher, though I've not had an

ultrasound done in over 10 yrs, but need one, I'm sure. Money.

[Guest guest]

No, I didn't say that goiter is indicative of Hashi's, and autoantibody

testing is vitally important, so you'll know what you're dealing with. The

damage to the gland is different in Hashi's, and the inflammation can come

and go, or stay, for that matter. Antithyroglobulin antibodies and the

Antithyroidperoxidase antibodies are the two most common to Hashi's. They

will usually run both of them at the same time. HealthCheck does for $60.

Re: Re: Can TPO Test diagnose

Hashimoto's? -

>

> Hi ,

>

> So are you saying that a goiter is indicative of Hashis, and testing is

> irrelevant or unnecessary? I've never had my anti-bodies tested but I

have

> had, along with other relatives, a visibly noticeable goiter. Doc always

> had student docs palpate it. I think it is the smallest it has been in 15

> years since I switched to Armour.

>

> Jen R.

[Guest guest]

No, I didn't say that goiter is indicative of Hashi's, and autoantibody

testing is vitally important, so you'll know what you're dealing with. The

damage to the gland is different in Hashi's, and the inflammation can come

and go, or stay, for that matter. Antithyroglobulin antibodies and the

Antithyroidperoxidase antibodies are the two most common to Hashi's. They

will usually run both of them at the same time. HealthCheck does for $60.

Re: Re: Can TPO Test diagnose

Hashimoto's? -

>

> Hi ,

>

> So are you saying that a goiter is indicative of Hashis, and testing is

> irrelevant or unnecessary? I've never had my anti-bodies tested but I

have

> had, along with other relatives, a visibly noticeable goiter. Doc always

> had student docs palpate it. I think it is the smallest it has been in 15

> years since I switched to Armour.

>

> Jen R.