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what is hashimotos?

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Hashimoto: This is a cause for pain and discomfort in the thyroid.
What symptoms do you have?

Question 2

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 3

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 4

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 5

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 6

what is hashimotos and how does it relate to hypothyroidism?

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Hashimoto's: is an autoimmune disease  which affects the thyroid, causing inflammation. Initially in the disease, you will release extra thyroid hormone, being hypothyroid, but then the thyroid cells start to die, causing hypothyroidism. The hypothyroidism can easily be remedied by prescription medicine. Hope this helps!

Question 7

what is hashimoto's disease? symptoms? treatment?

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Thyroid disease: Hashimotos  is an autoimmune disorder where the body attacks the thyroid gland and eventually makes it not function properly.Early symptoms may show signs of hyperthyroidism:sweating, irritability, oily skin, weight loss but this changes to hypothyroidism and here we measure your tsh, T3 (liothyronine) and T4 and replace the hormone with tablets.

Question 8

what is hashimoto thyroiditis?

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Autoimmune: For reasons we don't fully understand, the body makes antibodies against the thyroid. This causes a very low grade inflammation which over time can disrupt thyroid function.

Question 9

what is hashimoto's disease? how does it affect hypothyroidism?

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Autoimmune: Hi. Hashimoto's (Hash) is the most common cause of non-surgical hypothyroidism, and is an autoimmune disease. It is commonly diagnosed by serum thyroid autoantibodies (TPO and thyroglobulin), and much less commonly by fine needle aspiration biopsy. Hash only causes disease when it destroys thyroid function. Hash antibodies do NOT cause disease, and are only a marker for thyroid autoimmunity.

Question 10

what is hashimoto's disease? i'm on 50mcg of thyroxine daily. anyway to combat this disease directly instead of treating symptoms i.e. low t4

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Autoimmune disease: Hashimoto's is a condition where the immune system attacks the thyroid gland. It is important to take thyroid hormone but ideally best to also address the cause of autoimmune issues, but this is not easy. It can be related to mercury toxicity etc. See http://www.Umm.Edu/altmed/articles/thyroiditis-000164.Htm & http://www.Stopthethyroidmadness.Com/2013/01/09/anatabine-hashimotos-inflammation/.

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