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scorpio-girl
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Joined : Jan 2012
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Posted 8/13/2015 3:18 PM (GMT -8)
These are results from my thyroid lab work. In addition my thyroid uptake showed up as hyper. Doctor says I have Graves Disease and will be treated for it after my ultrasound which is scheduled. Though the assessment is Hashimoto's Disease, the lab readings show hyper and antibodies show hashimotos. I realize both are autoimmune but I am curious as to how you treat Graves when hashimotos has the opposite symptoms?

This is very confusing. Will I go from hyper to hypo? Is it a slow process? So hyper symptoms disappear with treatment but then you get symptoms for Hashi's? How is this treated?

Stupid questions I am afraid, just trying to clarify in my mind how it works when you have Graves and Hashimotos?

Thanks....
-FREE T3 2015-08-12
----FREE T3(2.3-4.2) 7.6
-THYROID STIMULATING IMM (THYRETAIN) 2015-08-12
----SAMPLE:REF RATIO(<140) 704
----INTERPRETATION:(NEGATIVE) POSITIVE
-FREE T4 (THYROXINE) 2015-08-12
----FREE T4 (THYROXINE)(0.73-1.95) 2.09
-TSH 2015-08-12
----TSH(0.5-4.7) <0.1
-THYROGLOBULIN, QUANTITATIVE AND ANTIBODY 2015-08-12
----THYROGLOBULIN(<50) 149.8
----THYROGLOBULIN AB(<4) <1
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hypoHashi
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Posted 8/14/2015 2:06 AM (GMT -8)
Hi,
Hahsimoto's disease by it self does not cause symptoms , it is the resulting hypo or hyper that cause symptoms.

You have positive TSIab, which attach to the TSH receptors in the thyroid cells and stimulate them to produce more hormones causing you to become hyper.

Depending on how your doctor is going to treat you,you might become permanently or temporarily hypo, if you take RAI, you will become permanently hypo .
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