Question 1

what is hashimotos disease?

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Hashimoto's disease: Hashimoto's disease is an autoimmune condition in which your body makes antibiodies against your thyroid gland. This often produces inflammation, sometimes tenderness, and an overactive gland initially, but eventually the chronic inflammation leads to thyroid failure and the need to take thyroid hormone.

Question 2

what is hashimotos disease and how is it treated?

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Thyroid: I will try to be non-technical.  Hashimotos is a type of thyroid condtition where the thryoid builds up anti-bodies and sort of attacks itself.  Usually it starts out with the thyroid being very overactive.  Tests are usually done to prove or disprove this and tumor.  If this is the case, a thyroid blocker is used to reduce the production of thyroid hormone.  Low thyroid usually follows later.....

Question 3

how can i lose weight if i have hashimotos disease?

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Diet/exercise, and..: Make sure your thyroid condition is treated/regulated.  At first, hashimoto may cause excess thyroid hormone release and you actually may lose wt. Eventually it :"burns" out and you can become hypothyroid (not enough) which can easily be treated with medication.
Once thyroid is properly regulated, healthy, balanced diet, along with aerobic/wt bearing exercise will help.
Consult doc..
Good luck.

Question 4

what body organs are affected by hashimotos disease?

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All: Once the antibodies decrease the ability to make adequate thyroid hormone all metabolic processes in the body may be affected.

Question 5

what is hashimoto's disease?

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Autoimmune thyroid : Autoimmune thyroid disease can cause hypothyroidism. The body produces antibodies to thyroid hormones. Some theorize that gluten sensitivity or heavy metal toxicity can trigger it.

Question 6

what is hashimoto's disease like?

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Thyroid antibodies: Hashimoto's disease is a condition in which antibodies are directed toward the thyroid.  This often results in underactivity of the thyroid.  Untreated, this can cause fatigue, modest weight gain, dry skin, constipation, and other symptoms associated with a slowing of the metabolism.  These symptoms all resolve with replacement of thyroid hormone.

Question 7

just diagnosed with hashimoto's disease?

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Hashimoto's: Hashimoto's disease is an autoimmune disease of the thyroid, the most common cause for low thyroid. Antibodies that diagnose it (thyroglobulin and thyroid peroxidase), are surrogate markers and are not resonsible for the damage that occurs in the thyroid. It is a lymphocyctic infiltrate that causes thyroid damage.You can have markers for this and not be hypothyroid now, or indefinite years.

Question 8

what are symptoms of hashimoto's disease?

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Hashimoto's symptoms: Fatigue, hair loss, hoarse voice, slower speech, depressed, brittle nails, dry skin, feeling cold, constipation, weight gain...

Question 9

what are the tests for hashimoto's disease?

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Tpo antibodies: Ask your doctor to order you a thyroid peroxidase antibodies.  The other one is thyroglobulin antibody.

Question 10

how is hashimoto's disease treated usually?

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Hormone replacement: If hashimoto's disease has resulted in underactivity of the thyroid, it is treated with replacement of thyroid hormone.  If the thyroid function is normal, no specific treatment is required.

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