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Should i ask my doctor to check for other autoimmune diseases if i have hashimotos disease? meds not helping symptoms even when thyroid level normal

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Yes but: If the thyroid level is normal, then your symptoms are not caused by the thyroid but something else. Although you may be at a somewhat higher risk to develop another autoimmune disease , your problem may or may not be an autoimmune one.

Answered 9/15/2015

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A member asked:

Should i ask my doctor to check for other autoimmune diseases if i have hashimotos disease? meds not helping symptoms even when thyroid level normal

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