Thyroid Autoimmunity
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Remissions and fluctuations in autoimmune thyroid disease: TRAb
Stories of complete remission from autoimmune hypothyroidism circulate on internet forums. Stories of significant fluctuations in thyroid status that allow one to reduce thyroid medication or require a major increase—these also circulate. I suspect most autoimmune hypothyroid and hyperthyroid patients have dreamed of a full remission rather than dependency on lifelong medical treatment. As I…
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TSH “can be very misleading” during thyroid therapy, say researchers
How many treated hypothyroid patients’ TSH has fallen below range even when both their thyroid hormones are in normal range and when they have no symptoms or signs of hyperactivity or hypermetabolism? In my observation on thyroid patient forums, the answer is “too many.” It’s common among thyroid patients to resort to such forums for…
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Thyrotoxicosis? Many factors can lower TSH
Many substances and health factors can, independently of thyroid hormones, lower TSH secretion significantly. These factors are not listed in Braverman & Cooper’s chapter on thyrotoxicosis in Werner & Ingbar’s The Thyroid textbook, 10th edition 2013, because their chapter avoids defining the syndrome by a low TSH. Nevertheless, these TSH-lowering factors should always be mentioned…
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TSHR Antibodies can distort TSH secretion
There’s an underestimated, under-studied TSH feedback loop that almost nobody talks about: The ultrashort feedback loop at the pituitary gland. By means of acting on this feedback loop, a thyroid antibody may have a direct effect on TSH secretion as well as our T4 and T3 levels. This antibody is far more prevalent and clinically…
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BIBLIO: Atrophic Thyroiditis
We have compiled a bibliography on Atrophic Thyroiditis and the TSHR antibody that is continually under development. 127 items exist in the bibliography as of December 2018 Screenshot The database is in a Google Spreadsheet. Click this link to access : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MlwMCGUnEF_ptUE9S9znMnN5oNkuAqA2fUNxvD2zrRw/edit?usp=sharing