5 Signs of End Stage Hashimoto's
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- These are the 5 signs of end stage Hashimoto's. End stage Hashimoto's means that your thyroid is atrophied and no longer working and is the final step of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
End stage Hashimoto's is defined as complete thyroid gland destruction. This state is IRREVERSIBLE which is why it is such a big deal!
But how do you know if you are in this stage of your disease? And what does it mean for you if you are?
Once you reach end stage Hashimoto's your thyroid is non functional and it also means that you are 100% reliant upon thyroid medication.
This changes how you look at treatment because you don't really need to focus on the immune aspect of Hashimoto's any longer.
Here are 5 signs that indicate you are in this position:
#1. Thyroid gland atrophy.
Once you enter end stage hashimoto's your thyroid gland will atrophy or shrink.
#2. Lower levels of thyroid antibodies.
When your thyroid gland is completely destroyed you will find that your thyroid antibodies such as TPO antibody and thyroglobulin antibody fall.
#3. Extreme difficulty with weight loss or unexpected weight gain.
When your thyroid gland is no longer working it's as if you don't have one and weight loss becomes much more difficult.
#4. Stable thyroid lab tests.
End stage Hashimoto's is associated with stability in your thyroid lab tests and this isn't necessarily a good thing.
#5. 100% reliance upon thyroid medication for symptom control.
If your thyroid cannot produce thyroid hormone anymore then you are reliant upon thyroid medication for all of your thyroid hormone.
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Do you have any of the signs of end stage Hashimoto's? If so, leave your comment below!
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I have been unable to lose weight since I was diagnosed 15 years ago, and it's hard to keep my replacement hormone levels optimal. Lots of Hashi's symptoms for years. Been on replacement hormones for 14 years.
Dr. Westin Childs can this happen if you been on Levothyroxine for 27 years?
Can this happen if you’ve been on Levothyroxine for 27 years?
My thyroid atrophied years ago yet my TPOs and anti-thyroid antibodies are still high. I have pain on the left side of my neck. My TSH is going up and down like a yoyo and I have ongoing cardiac tachycardia. Taking T4 for 40 years.
People also need to get their parathyroids checked as well.
If you have thyroid atrophy, and this means that the thyroid is no longer under attack by antibodies, and you no longer show thyroid antibodies, it doesn't mean you're necessarily out of hot water. Your body can start directing antibodies at other tissues in the body. Some Hashimoto's patients develop lupus and/or other autoimmune disorders when the thyroid is removed or atrophies.
It could but I'm not sure that I agree that those things are related.
@@drwestinchilds It would be very helpful if you would briefly explain why you don’t agree because I have read that the autoimmune condition will remain even if the thyroid is completely atrophied or removed. Help us with more complete answers instead of giving answers that only provoke more confusion! Thank you ...
Once you have one you usually have more. I have a multitude of them including lupus.
It makes sense to me. So why isn’t treatment at least partially aimed in addition to replacing thyroid hormones, at harnessing the out of control immune system response? I’m not a doctor lol. It’s just something I’ve always wondered because my sister has juvenile arthritis (another autoimmune disorder) which is treated with meds to lower her immune system. She’s also included dietary restrictions she’s researched which are supposed to help.
I was diagnosed at age 25 with hypothyroidism after giving birth to my daughter. For years, I have suffered with symptoms despite being on medication.. I recently had an ultrasound on my thyroid gland by a specialist that I requested. He said my thyroid gland has shriveled up and used the word atrophy. I have never been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s. I will take this information to my general doctor. I am 52 years old and I am still not feeling well. Thank you for this video!
I was diagnosed by my family physician 9 yrs ago, 38 yrs old, as stage 7. My antibodies were 1000+. No family history. It took a yr to find my new functioning normal. 2 yrs ago my antibodies were tested again and they were around 400. I changed my diet over this time but I'm still symptomatic. Stress affects me terrible!! I have asked about increasing my dosage amt but my internist doesn't think it's necessary...so I try and carry on the best I can. Thank you for all you do to bring attention to this disease!
Thank you so much for this explanation. Why is it none of my doctors, PCP nor Endocrinologists explained anything about my Hashimoto's Disease? My PCP put me on thyroid meds about 25 years ago just stating you need this medicine because your labs indicate thryroid problems. Then the endocrinologists just took tests but never offered any advice - ever - even when I asked about how could I lose weight. She only offered the food program she sells. I stopped going to her and now just have my PCP provide the medicine.
I do not even recognize who I am anymore. I'm now 68 with end stage Hashimoto's disease and weigh 220 pounds. I now have HBP, am obese, have AFIB and really disgusted. I want to lose weight. I bought a book about Hashimoto's and the endo dr. said pay no attention - book authors are just trying to make money, but there she was offering me a buy-in to her food program.
I fully empathise with your position of being kept in the dark as I have this experience also.
I think you must look at contacting another practitioner and seek the relevant blood tests you need, not only for your thyroid but any other conditions, you need to be pushy and insist. You are in your Golden Years and you need to enjoy your time and you need to get back on track to enjoy those years. Please don't delay and allow your former practitioners and endo to keep you in the dark, get out there, take the bull by its horns, get the tests you need and any medicine adjustments to your dose. Ask, ask and ask and ask more to get the information you need. The clock never stops ticking so don't delay. Good Luck 👍
My sister has Hashi’s, while my mother & I have regular hypothyroidism. This was informative and I will pass it on to my sister. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us Dr. Childs, much appreciated!
Have doctors specifically checked you for Hashimoto's, checking all the correct hormone levels (T3, T4, and not just TSH) and checking for thyroid antibodies. I know some people who most likely have Hashimoto's but their doctors won't test for it and just label them "hypothyroid" when there is so much more going on inside their bodies than just that.
No problem!
Thank you for the info. Good to know. I will ask my doctor today when I see him.
No problem!
Have gained an enormous amount of weight in this past eight months….no energy to even exercise and a ridiculous appetite! Sound familiar anyone?
Since starting LDN (low dose Naltrexone) 10 years ago, my antibodies have been controlled. They will fluctuate sometimes with impact of lifestyle changes - diet, stress, illness...Dr. Childs mentions LDN in this blogs as do many experts in functional medicine!
Another awesome video thank you so much Dr childs I would not know any of this without you. I definitely fit all of these but trying to get the Dr to listen to me is another story. Thanx again paula England
Happy to help!
Thank you Dr child's I have thyroid problems your videos are very informative
Thank you!
Thanks for this 😊
No problem!
Revealing. I am entering my 25th year with thyroid disease (Hashimoto's found later and antibodies are 66.6 currently). In late November 2019, I was found to have one side of my gland atrophied. In 2020 and 2019 went into very quick hyper mode to the need of seeing a cardiologist. I did have mild PAC found while wearing a monitor. With medication change, it went away. However, then went quickly back to flagged hypo levels. Trying two levels of meds there with a lab six weeks later. Will get level and be monitored every 3 months. I have lost at least 10 lbs this past year without really trying. Do not need to lose it really. Had gut issues as well.
I would say I am in the late stages, I was diagnosed 40 years ago. The doctor cut my medicine in half, I will get the antibodies checked next visit this spring.
Good plan!
Everything you said fits like a glove for. I feel like death walking. My doctor is a sweetheart but I feel like my energy just took a walk and left me behind. My thyroid she said looks like it is shrinking and there is only one third of it left. Where do I go to from here. My number shows just a little bit above #1 but yet my energy just isn't there. Gaining weight also.
My thyroid gland has disappeared and my Endocrinologist tells me she's never seen one that far gone. All that remains is a benign nodule above where the left side used to be. I lost 29 pounds 2 years ago on Whole30 and have regained about 7 pounds. My weight loss threw me into hyperthyroid and a pcp put me on a much lower dose of levothyroxine, by the time I got to a different doctor, my thyroid numbers were way off and it has taken some time to get them back in normal range (but just barely). I go back in May but meanwhile, I am having trouble with dieting and losing weight. It was so easy before but now I'm struggling.
Mine has disappeared as well..he could barely see it. This disease is awful! Almost 30 years of pure hell..😢
Thank you so much. This was very informative. I don't get tested enough but I suspect I've had hashimotos for 30 to 40 years. I need to find a good thyroid doctor. Thank you. My t3 and t4 keep my levels pretty good. Never had a ultrasound
You are welcome :)
Great video! I noticed my antibodies normalized but then went back up when I cheated on my diet, so there's hope that my gland isn't dead yet. One thing you didn't mention that I'm curious about is goiters and how they're different from atrophied glands
Goiter, by definition, is the exact opposite of thyroid gland atrophy. Goiter = enlarged thyroid, atrophied thyroid = small thyroid.
@@drwestinchilds so a bigger goiter doesn't necessarily mean late stage? Thanks for the response!
I'm in late stage Hashimotos dx over 20 yrs ago. After being diagnosed with Graves disease and opting not to kill the gland with radio active iodine. My last thyroid scan showed complete atrophy but my antithyroid antibodies are still elevated and now I have slightly elevated ALT not to mention I was diagnosed with Celiac disease approximately 10 yrs after my diagnosis of Graves. I heard one autoimmune disease will always get a sister disease 🤷♀️ I asked my doctor if an thyroid ectomy would help lower my antibodies & my chronic symbol. He said No so my journey goes on I juice I try my best to eat keto I'm completely gluten free take tons of Dr recommended supplements & herbs plus a super expensive preobiotic I drink only water and 1 cup of organic coffee per day. I walk to exercise a brisk Incline decline lap around my foothill neighborhood 45 minutes a few days a week. Can't loose these 20lbs not sure where they came from God help me this is extremely frustrating 😂
Yes- all symptoms - 71 yrs old - 75mcg levo daily. Since Ive been taking it at night I wake up more alert and not foggy. Thank you.
I do want to lose 10 lbs. anything I eat I gain weight. I only eat 1-2 meals a day. Noon-6pm
8am - coffee w/fiber and mct protein powder
12-1 pm eat; 5-6pm eat.
Dr. Childs, once at end stage, is it necessary to take both t4 and t3 or would it be best to only take t3? If the thyroid is no longer functional, how can t4 be processed?
No response yet?
Thanks Dr Westin
What about people who have insufficient thyroid levels under NDT but can't up the dose because of hyperactive thyroid symptoms? That's a real bummer. Though maybe it's a process and the body simply can't adapt super quickly in some cases.
I have had hashimoto for 14 years. And it was up and down the whole time. I change the dose every single month. After giving birth to my sun it became worse and now it’s atrophy unfortunately. I gained 30 kilos and it seems impossible to lose weight no matter what I do . My whole life has changed …. 😢
I have had hashis for 40 years. This last test there was no sign of antibodies...on levo only..labs are horrible. TSH 5.85, T4 1.3, Reverse 16, Free T3 2.1. Feel like I'm dying. Doc upped my levo from 100 to 137. Always had undetectable TSH until I hit my early 50s. Now its all out of whack.
I was just told I'm in end stage Hashimotos. I have been holding out hope to try to reverse it and have tried different supplements and improvements to diet. I don't think my Endo liked me talking about supplements and wanting to get off synthroid because he did an ultrasound to "prove me wrong" and told me to " save your money" cause all those supplements are not helping. 😢
I had discovered something to help me with my Armour Thyroid, i take Sea Kelp, along with it, and my test results were great, few antibodies, I lost 20 pounds! And I feel fantastic 😊! Now I'm working on my hair fall.
Yeah I defo need to deal with my hair 😭
Glad it's working well for you!
@@drwestinchilds the sea kelp is amazing, exactly what my body needed
My Endo told me to stop taking Sea kelp! I am end stage. Keto and if no longer works
My daughter was diagnosed with Hasimotos since she was about 10 years old, she is thirty five. We have done everything we could afford and she still is , from whole food allergy free nutrition, local in our State functional medication, regenerative medication and so much more that she can share better than I because she is an adult. But so far, I think everything I have seen on your you tubes. Just recently she got a ultra sound back and now has three nodules instead of two and the doctor said it looks like there is atrophy, and we are beyond concerned. Please tell us there is some way we can reverse and bring back or halt whatever atrophy has occurred. I just sent her Dr. Guptas consultation website and hoping to God there is a way to stop this, she does not want to lose her thyroid or live dependant on the medication and where she can not reverse the symptoms. Please assist if possible, or tell me where I should go to help her.
Wow! Listening to this I am no close to an end stage. I had no idea there was even an end stage. I thought if you had it, it's for lifetime. If I miss 2days of taking my synthroid I start getting prickly feeling on the sole of my feet
Yeah me too.
@@natalieshandor8311 I'm sorry this happened to you. This is a sad story that is all to familiar. I've had similar problems with the supposed specialist too. They have done more harm than good and drs done have a bloody clue. I was told nothing I hadn't even heard of hoshimotos just told to take this crap cheap pill for the rest of my life and that's all they told me. Unbeknown to me I had had the disease years before it was picked up. I've had to do all my own research and thanx to dr childs have been able to arm myself will all the education I can throw at them. Hope your able to get to a better place and wish you all the best paula England
I think I’m at this stage... my dosage of thyroid medication has gone down too, I’ve had Hashimotos since the eighties
It's very possible.
Dr Westin Child's, really appreciate your knowledge and Informations. So very beneficial, from India and would like to contact you for supplements for hairfall and weight loss.
Just a quick question are you shipping right now so that I can order.
Thank you for your generous contribution to Thyroid disease betterment.
Really good bless
I had to start seeing a Endocrinologist for my thyroid care. This doctor went to medical school in India. She is so ignorant and stubborn! BUT it not really that different that how they are trained in United States...I have found that most Endocrinologists’ skills and knowledge is in the dinosaur age! They RARELY know how to treat thyroid properly or even worse, they seem completely indifferent to individual patients needs- they “treat your labs” and not you! As far as your reference to India. I have found that Ayurvedic medicine’s approach and treatment helped me the most in my struggle with Hashimoto’s...
My thyroid antibodies were 740 ten yrs ago; now they are 12.
I am suffering from hypothyroidism for more than 20 years. Thyroid atrophy was found in ultrasound. I was feeling very lethargic and sleepy and forgetful also. I am now 68 years old and on 125 mcg thyronorm once empty stomach. All along my t3 and 4 values were found to be normal. On 100/125 thyronorm dosage. I am now on a fix how to normalise my symptoms of lethargy, sleepiness and forgetfulness.
hi Dr Childs, I was put on T4 meds about 15 years ago was just diagnosed today with Hashimoto's today was trying to find information on one of the test i had gotten. it was thyroid peroxidase abs anyways the doctor said she has never seen results as high as mine. It was 13000. Do you know if that is found usually in late hashimoto's?
Dr. Childs, I have been having thyroid problems for many years but doctors told me I could not take medication because my condition was still in its subclinical phase. In 2015 an ultrasound revealed that my thyroid had been swollen (Hashimoto), and that the Hashimoto thyroidytis had derived into hipothyroidism. My question is: Is that possible? Or once the Thyroid swells there is no reverse gear? A recent blood test (TSH and T4 only) revealed that I am no longer a subclinical patient. My doctor prescribed 50 mcg. of levothyroxine. Watching your videos I understand that feeling my old self is not going yo be that easy. The ultrasound detected a tiny nodule which could be cancerous but my doctor told me that they cannot do anything right now because it is too small. He is going to monitor its development throughout the present year. I feel worried and with no one around who could help me. Not even my doctor. I thank you very much for your effort to help people. I wonder if you see patients on line. I would be grateful if you answered. Have a wonderful day.
So I have hashimotos and I'm 21 years old. My thyroid is already beginning to atrophy. Why would my thyroid be so much further damaged than people who've had the disease for longer?
Most definetely end stage. Im 56, had Hoshimotos after birth of my daughter 36 years ago.
I’m taking beef thyroid 30mg once daily with Icelandic sea kelp , 3 x a week , is this safe if you haven’t been diagnosed with a thyroid disorder ? Thanks
Hello Dr Childs,
Could you clarify how many years it takes for the thyroid gland to get into Overt Hypothyroidism?
My antibodies were always over 1,000 (tested them myself, doc refused) 43 years later a DO tested for them and they are gone....he surprised me by walking in an saying I did not have Hashis...rrr
Dr, I was diagnosed with hashimotos last Wednesday and today was diagnosed with Autoimmune retinopathy, talk about having no luck. So sounds like my body is attacking my whole body, how did this happen and get so toxic. 🤔
Five years ago my thyroid antibodies were 740 and they said my thyroid looked perfect. Now my antibodies are 64. Why? And I feel terrible .
Would somebody who has end stage Hashimoto's die without thyroid medication?
I suppose they'd have to, right? How long could they approximately live if they ever ran out of medication?
I have to say but first I'm too old now so I'm saying this like a mother. Dr. Childs is so cute to look at it makes it easier to listen to videos of something trying to kill you lol Also, yes that seems to be me my thyroid is misshapen I read on my bloodwork and also I had two nodules removed with a scare on my neck but, now they're back.
I have now atrophy of thyroid gland which was detected after an ultrasound. I am on 150 mcg of T4 medication. However antibody was never checked earlier but after going through your RUclips videos I got it checked. My free T3 and T4 is normal but I feel very lethargic. Is there any remedy?
So, what was the result of TPO and TgAb antibodies?
Hi! I am watching your video here and i have Hashimotos. My antibodies TPO-AK is more then 1300. Im in the endstage? In Sweden är eat autoimmun paleo to increase the antibodies. Is that wrong?
End stage hashimoto's is diagnosed based on other factors
I had a thyroid lobectomy 15 years ago due to thyroid cancer. I also have hashimoto. It’s next to impossible to lose weight. My insurance won’t cover an ultrasound and it’s been 10 years since I’ve had one. So frustrating...
All insurances should cover an ultrasound, it's just a matter of coding it correctly to get them to cover it.
Hi Dr thanks so much my daughter is 40 years old n she often falls unconscious I need cortisone injection to bring her back to life
Can you please make a video about your parathyroid. So many people with thyroid issues have no idea that they have 4 parathyroids on their thyroid. It’s possible to have hypothyroidism along with hyperparathyroidism.
Hi doc thanks for the info my daughter has hushermotor and addson she's been in and out of hospital. She falls unconscious have 2 give her an emergency injection to revive her.
Keto diet. Remove all sugar including fruit, go very low carb, no dairy. Focus on animal foods.
I was diagnosed with hashimotos thyroiditis when I was 12 and I'm 54 now. I have been on levothyroxine for almost all of that time except for the last 6 years I switched to natural dessicated thyroid replacement. Six years ago I lost 120+ pounds and have been able to keep it off. I only had antibodies tested three times in my life - in 1981, 2017 and this week. I have no idea how bad they were in 1981 but I had a goiter. In 2017 TPO was 169 IU/mL and this week it was 20 IU/mL; thryoglobulin = 1 in 2017 and now it's 29 IU/mL. I have no idea how small my thyroid gland is.
Do you think there is any chance that my thyroid gland is NOT atrophied?
I wold guess I am in late stage. I know I have nodlules which are relatively stable. I take .75 mg Levi daily and my labs have been stable for years. I am loosing weight using a combination of techniques including low carb diet intermittent fasting polar plunges a small amount of hit and daily walking some resistance exercise. I am 73 and have been on medication for 15 years or so. 5’1” lbs 153. I was up to 170 6 months ago. Never had a doctor suggest hormone regulation.
I was told by my primary that my thyroid is small. 🤦♀️
I was diagnosed in 1987. I just had a thyroid ultrasound and they could hardly find it. I have to keep lowering my levo dosage... i would think that if your thyroid is dying you would need a higher dosage.... my TSH IS 0.49 or lower. It is destroying my life and causing horrible anxiety. They want to remove the thyroid and I can't trust anyone to tell me What other choice I have....
Is 112 mcg a high dose of levothyroxine? I'm nervous that my thyroid is really bad. Also, what should I not be eating for hashimotos? I don't eat gluten, but I heard you shouldn't eat dairy. Is that true? I've had hashimotos for 4 years.
No, that's a fairly average dose of levo.
@@drwestinchilds thank you very much. I won't fret about it.
I have hashimoto for plus 25 i take lyvotiroxe 75 I am very thin fatigue i have food intolerance like rice poisson petits pois lenses........
I have a cyst on my left lobe. I'm also estrogen dominant..🙏🙏🙏🙏what can I do for my condition?
Go to your doctor?
My mom's thyroid shrunk completely. How do I keep that from happening to me?
Would a very high TSH be another sign? Mine was above 70
Possibly but not necessarily.
Final stage? Im not sure. 25 years of hashimoto, tyreoid syze 2,7 x 0,9 x 0,8 cm, low antibodys (after changing to a gluten/dairy/soy fre diet and no weight problem.
There are too many gaps in this tape that I do not understand. I really don't understand what thyroid antibodies are , what do they do and why are they important. Cannot grasp this video.
Thank you so much for this.
No problem!
Would you say everyone will get here or can diet and proper care prevent one from getting to "end stage"?
It can be prevented, for sure.
My specialist just keeps raising the dosage of levothyroxine. Currently on daily 250mg. He said my thyroid gland has * gone to God * My temperature has risen since the high dosage. I’m very uncomfortable
"Unchecked" and untreated Hashimoto's leads to far more than weight gain. Generally, it leads to premature hardening of the arteries, heart disease, and eventually slipping into a (myxedema) coma and dying (if a fatal heart attack doesn't strike first).
I was told that my thyroid was mostly nonfunctional, but when i got on meds, the weight dropped pretty fast so does that mean im not end stage?
Not necessarily, you could just be very responsive to thyroid medication.
What doesn't make sense, is that nobody talks about or believes in diet/ lifestyle changes. I have Hashimoto's, I did paleo, Aip, meds...it wasn't until I went whole foods plant based, and added excercise that I lost all my weight, thyroid numbers finally reached optimal numbers, and my autoimmune symptoms disappeared. Everything is virtually reversed in a loose sense of the term.
Shanna Stone incredible! Do u eat beans and all? I’m going wfpb but I feel like beans etc make me gain. Idk...
I assume you mean that regular doctors don't talk about those changes and, if so, you would be correct. They don't because they don't believe that Hashimoto's is treatable in that sense, they only believe hypothyroidism can be managed much to the detriment of many a thyroid patient.
@@TheCarolineparra Yes! I eat beans, lentils, potatoes ( white and sweet), some nuts, TONS of fruit, and TONS of veggies. Most days are mostly raw, and cooked at dinner, with it being winter. I eat alot of raw in summer. Steel cut oats with fruit, smoothies ( usually strawberries, blueberries, a tin of spinach, a bit of vega one protein powder, moringa ( its amazing) , and about a tbls of ground flax seed. ) Everyone has the major misconception that starches make you gain. When I got my wisdom tooth pulled at 43 🤦♀️🤦♀️, I lived on smoothies and plain mashed potatoes ( no butter, because I don't do oil) and sat on my tush for 2 weeks, and lost weight, go figure!! Ha! It's a wonderful lifestyle, and over time can be so incredibly healing!! I make my own hummus, to make it oil free, and I use white northern beans in place of oil to make dressings creamy. It generally comes down to eating similar to the starch solution! Check out plantiful kiki, high carb hannah, pick up limes, on RUclips. They all wat that way, and they have very good ideas. If you want simple and quick, plantiful kiki is my favorite!!❤❤🙏🙏
@@drwestinchilds Yes, they don't believe at all you can heal through food, they just want to prescribe a bunch of meds, anti inflammatory drugs, etc. So frustrating! I finally found a womens hormone specialist who is well balanced on both ends, knows what tests to run regularly, and supports a natural approach. I also got an ND too. But my diet and lifestyle change is what did it fir me!!🙏🙏
@@TheCarolineparra Beans have virtually no fat, and are super high in fiber, which is Great!! You might feel a little bloating at first if you're coming off a standard diet of animal products, processed foods etc. But you will adjust. Try adding in some walking to start...get that body movin!!😉 I also do Heather robertson workouts and fitnessblender on RUclips, along with some yoga when I feel like it. I'm in the best shape of my life, better than my 20s!!
My ultrasound states that my thyroid gland is diminutive in size. Would I take that to mean that it is atrophied? If so, I am only 30 years old and was just diagnosed in December. Is it possible that I've had hashimoto's for 20 or 30 years unknowingly. I always thought my pregnancy had brought it on...
I also had extremely high antibodies. In the thousands, almost no thyroid hormone and a TSH of >150
Mine said “small thyroid” - that’s it! 🙄 really lousy reading! I am going to request that my ultrasound be read again by another radiologist who can provide more useful terms, description and information. We have to advocate for ourselves while we also try and force the medical profession out of their ignorance, complacency and indifference!
Unlikely you've had Hashi for that long. Have you had your TRAb antibodies tested?
I feel I am in the end stages
Is there a reason that they don't treat the autoimmune aspect of the disease as aggressively as some other autoimmune diseases?
They don't have a treatment for autoimmune disease is why. Their treatment is suppressing the immune system.
Dr. Westin Childs Yes, I took the question to be: why aren’t Hashimotos patients taking immunosuppressants as other autoimmune conditions do if we are indeed autoimmune.?
Yes, that is indeed what I was asking, ideally diet lifestyle changes and replacement therapy is ideal, some of us continue to have issues or have multiple autoimmune illness. I know I feel much better on immune suppression therapy. But cannot always have it.
I’m scared
I m suffering from 5 yrs from hashimoto. Help me out please
Hi Dr Childs, l've been following your interesting videos the past year.This video definitely applies to me.So how can I improve on that weight gain issues besides exercise & healthy diet.
Currently I've been changed to Levothyroxine 50mcg Mon-Fri & 75mcg Sat.& Sun.Diagnosed with Hashimoto over 15yrs
Previosly was on 50mcg Levothyroxine over 10yrs or so.
Thyroid Scan showed Non Functionong Thyroid.
Please kindly advise.
Thank you.
Need your advise
Once the thyroid is destroyed could my body produce antibodies to attack another organ? Could I develop another autoimmune disease?
It could but it would be unrelated to your thyroid (probably) with the exception of vitiligo.
@@drwestinchilds NOTHING is “unrelated” when it comes to autoimmune disorders and diseases!
will ashwagandha help with your under active thyroid
Most of the time.
I do not have a thyroid gland, I have Hashimoto’s but high antibodies! Doesn’t high antibodies harm the body?
Then you most likely have SOME of your thyroid left :)
Actually, I don’t. All of it was removed plus one of my parathyroids. I had to do the thyroid scan, in Nuclear Medicine,with an injection. It said I had no thyroid tissue at all.
@@jrowlove7328 You can develop other autoimmune conditions once you've had one. Since you have had Hashimoto's and now your thyroid is gone, but you have antibodies, I would see a rheumatologist or other good specialist to be tested for lupus and other autoimmune conditions.
Angela B
I have. They say just Hashimoto’s.
@@drwestinchilds what is your reply to her second comment countering your response? Please - It’s very IMPORTANT information!
My Thyroid is 65.9 can you help me ..
I am over weight 257 pounds . 5’2 and 62 years old .. Audio immune disease ... “?”
Help me .
Go to your doctor, if you haven't done so already
Yes I am in end stage. Now what.
Once in end stage you will need to find the right dose of T4/T3 that works for your body.
What about a blood test that shows high (400) Thyroglobulin antibodies but quite low acceptable (9) peroxidase antbodies...I think I've had Hashi for forty years. Is there any test I can do myself in the uk I don't think I can get a scan on NHS.
Thanks doc.
Mary x
Just to let you know I got an ultra sound on my thyroid I'm also in the UK I just asked my doctor for one and he referred me for it.
Not really besides the ultrasound.
Dr. Westin Childs people always seem to have to have high peroxidase antibodies to be diagnosed Hashi in the uk ( that's my experience) what causes me to just have high Thyroglobulin antibodies please Doctor Westin. My family doctor doesn't agree with the private bloods I've had taken to give the diagnosis of Hashimotos.
The royal giant GAMER thanks. My gp doesn't believe I have Hashi, I self treat.they are not at all helpful. The Medichecks doc and bloods diagnosed me. My gp didn't seem to understand when I showed him the results. I don't see how he will agree with an expensive scan.
When the diminishing Antibodies is proven, does it mean, what's left will start attacking the tissue around the thyroid or other organs eventually ? Is this why I have been diagnosed with Fibermyalgia and now Arthritis ?
I'm not sure I understand the question.
@@drwestinchilds what part should I re-word ?
I've heard once you have an autoimmune disease, you'll develop another. I'm not sure how true that is, but I do have two. First was hashimotos, second being celiac.
@@kfitz4520 Yes, I was told that too... I've been told I'm Gluten "Sensitive", may have MS or Lupus, due a positive test... so I guess u may have answered my above question.
Antibodies do remain in the body, enuf to cause additional, problems, that are directly related to the evasion, despite burning out the Thyroid.... Thanks
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I have an atrophied thyroid but I believe its from amiodarone, not hashimotos
Amiodarone can definitely cause thyroid gland damage.
@@drwestinchilds
Thats where I'm at now. 3.5 years on amiodarone, came off it March.
Thyroid is not properly treated right now.
These thyroids, boy, I tell you, they wreck havoc on our bodies.
I don't have problems with gaining weight, I had gained weight when I had my husband, but since my husband passed 3 years ago, I lost weight, I have frizzy hair. And hair loss. I'm Hypothyroid.Take 50 mcg. Of Levo..
Rose Barrera
Sounds like a nutritional issue. Do you eat well?
@@jrowlove7328 , Most of the time. I know I have alot of Stress as well