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Ceoliac,hashimotos Thyroidits And Diabetes Type1

chenal52000

By chenal52000
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chenal52000 Rookie
chenal52000
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hi im a coeliac and have been one for years my mum is the diabetic which she has had since she fell pregent with me and now my 8 yr old daughter has hashimotos thyroiditis what i would like to know if there is a family history of coeliacs and diabetes which there is as you can see will my daughter be likely to be at a higher risk of getting these other auto immune diseases as well she has just been diagnosed this week and i have to wait until december to see the specialist can anyone help it would be much appricated

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2kids4me Contributor
2kids4me
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If one has an autoimmune disease - yes you are at higher risk to develop other autoimmune disease. It is not a certainty. When one family has 2 or more members with autoimmune endocrine diseases or if one person has more than 1 autoimmune disease - it is called polyendocrine autoimmune syndrome.

In my family -we are both 3 members, each with 2 or more autoimmune disease. Please get her checked for celiac if she has Hashimotos.

elye Community Regular
elye
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Yep, I've got all three...

At least I think so. I have low thyroid, and am on Eltroxin, but I am not certain if low thyroid automatically denotes hashimoto's, i.e., an autoimmune attack on the thyroid gland. What other reason could there be for the thyroid not producing enough of the hormone?

chenal52000 Rookie
chenal52000
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thank yous all for your help i asked the doctor if this could happen if she could develope coeliac or diabetes but he wasnt sure i will ask the specialist when we go in december

Nancym Enthusiast
Nancym
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Celiacs are at a higher risk of developing other autoimmune disease, those ones you listen in particular.

georgie Enthusiast
georgie
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Definately a link with autoimmune diseases.

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2kids4me
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Yep, I've got all three...

At least I think so. I have low thyroid, and am on Eltroxin, but I am not certain if low thyroid automatically denotes hashimoto's, i.e., an autoimmune attack on the thyroid gland. What other reason could there be for the thyroid not producing enough of the hormone?

The other reasons include euthyroid sick syndrome - when the body is fighting an illness or dealing with severe stress - it suppresses normal thyroid function - the thyroid gland is normal but not producing normal levells of hormone.

The other cause would include a pituitary/hypothalmus problem - if something has affected the pituitary gland - it does not produce TSH so the thyroid gland itself is normal but never gets "told" to make any hormone. There are a few reasons this would occur in the pituitary gland...

hope this helps.

They know right away if it is pituitary or not - a very low T4 witha low TSH tell them that the TSH is not being made

Sandy

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Janeti Apprentice
Janeti
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georgie,

what is armour thyroid? I was diagnosed with Hashimotos in 1999. I was always on synthroid. Now that I am gluten-free, my TSH has stablized, and I no longer take meds, but.........I recently went for my bloodwork and it shows that my T3 is too low. The Dr says no meds unless the TSH starts to drop. Does this sound right? You know, I just don't trust the Drs anymore. I have seen several endos in the past, and I think that one was worse than the other. I mean the endocrine system isn't that huge of an area, so you would think that there would be an expert out there....anywhere??? I also have 2 nodules, one inside the other, and it would be nice if they could shrink. Janet

georgie Enthusiast
georgie
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georgie,

what is armour thyroid?

Its a Thyroid med that has been around for over 100 years. Its dessicated pigs thyroid - standardised now to USP standards for consistancy. It has 38mcg T4 , and 9mcg T3 in each 60mg tablet( 1 grain). Its not an exact match to what our own Thyroid produces but is very close. People that don't get better on Synthroid often have an amazing response to Armour - perhaps because it is a complete med with T4,T3,T2,T1 and calcitonin in it. Another advantage is that Armour can be used sublingually , and therefore can avoid the malabsorption problems that many Celiacs have with meds.

My Thyroid nodules disappeared after a year of taking Armour. Most people with thyroid disease feel best when Free T3 sits at the top of normal , and Free T4 sits mid range. Not sure what your Dr is talking about .... :rolleyes:

They know right away if it is pituitary or not - a very low T4 witha low TSH tell them that the TSH is not being made

Where were you when I needed you :D It has taken my Drs 20 years to work this out with me. All they tested was TSH and cos it was low and normal - they said I didn't have a thyroid problem. Eventually found a holistic Dr that treats to symptoms and she found I had Thyroid Antibodies - so that was proof and Thyroid meds started. Now .12 months later... have had an MRI and an old skull fracture has been found ....probable Pituitary damage .... and all those years of low TSH make sense now ....

Sugarmag Newbie
Sugarmag
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I just wanted to say that I love Armour Thyroid! I tried Synthroid for about 4-6 months, and actually felt worse! Once I switched to Armour, the difference was amazing. I still get my blood work done at least every 4-6 months, since I have Hashimoto, my levels have varied. I may add Cytomel in soon too, for extra T3, since mine has been low. I noticed a big difference when I started taking the Armour sub lingually also. Also, adding Selenium supplements has helped with my thyroid levels too.

I still have a big nodule on my thyroid after being on Armour for 4 yrs, but it doesn't bother me too much, just feel the lump sometimes when I swallow, or feel like I have a sore throat sometimes.

nutralady2001 Newbie
nutralady2001
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It's Armour for me too after 12 years on synthetic T4 :D

Getting back to your question...auto-immune diseases do run in packs....and families..........I have Hashimoto's Disease , Celiac and still fighting to get a diagnosis of Pernicious Anaemia........same old story blood tests "in range" who cares if they are at the very bottom of the range and you feel like cr*p, have finger tingles and falls

My great grandmother had RA her son (my gluten-free) had RA he married my grandmother who was a type 1 diabetic, 3 of my aunts had RA/ Type 1 diabetes it skipped a generation with my Mum but I have auto-immune diseases, my son was daignosed early this year with type 1 diabetes when he was 30 and my daughter has lichen planus an auto-immune skin disease very similar to psoriasis

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