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Humbles
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Joined : Apr 2012
Posts : 1
Posted 4/5/2012 1:52 PM (GMT -8)
Hello

I am sorry, but i am new at this and would like some info or advice.

I have had problems with fatigue for quite a while and in 2008 was found to have low thyroid level and was commenced levothyroxine. But no other test was done and it was left at that.

Until last year i had health problems which ended being referred to Gastro and cardio. Nothing specific was found but a few abnormal blood level.

Last year i had,
Borderline ANA and ANCA.
Raised IGE and IGG
low, HB, Vit B 12, Vit D Folate and a few other

Last week
I have a new GP who tested my TPO which was 173.

Thank you for reading this. x

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maggiemay
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Joined : Feb 2011
Posts : 161
Posted 4/24/2012 11:33 AM (GMT -8)
Hi Humbles,

I am so sorry that you aren't feeling well. Did your GP discuss your lab results with you?

Has he made any recommendations based on the results.

From what I can tell, with a TPO of 173, you are suffering from Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

And it can be a very frustrating disease to get stabilized. I have the same thing, diagnosed

in 2007, but now I know that I have probably been hypothyroid for at least 30 years and

never was diagnosed.  I have been on Armour thyroid and Levothyroxine.  But what is

frustrating is that even on the meds, my thyroid becomes inflamed and I can switch back

and forth from hypothyroid to hyperthyroid symptoms.  This is how Alexander Haskell described

it in his book, Hope for Hashimoto's: 

                 

                  Hashimoto's is an autoimmune condition involving white blood cells, thyroid

                  inflammation, and the destruction of thyroid cells. With Hashimoto's, thyroid

                  hormones in the blood stream are constantly fluctuating because some

                  thyroid cells will break apart, leaking thyroid hormones. This is very different

                  from the steady thyroid hormone state of hypothyroidism.

 

That's why some Hashimoto's sufferers have such a hard time getting stabilized. I would talk to

your doctor about your lab test results and and possibly see if you can get a referral to an

endocrinologist or you may find a naturopath who is knowledgeable about Hashi's.  

You definitely need to get treatment for your low HB, vitamin b-12, folate and vit D.  All of those

things are very often low in people who suffer from autoimmune disease. Autoimmune diseases

are so difficult to treat but you definitely need to be under the care of a person knowledgeable

about them.

I would be happy to give you more references if you would like to find out more. Let me know how

you are doing and what course of treatment you and your doctor have decided on.

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jujub
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Posted 5/20/2012 4:05 PM (GMT -8)
Deepwell, I believe you're thinking of CRP (C-reactive protein), which demonstrates inflammation in the body. BUN is the blood urea nitrogen measurement, a test of kidney function.
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