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    To me this drug of not a failure at all; it got all the way to a phase 3 trial. Just because the drug maker doesn’t have the funds to have a large enough sample group to prove its effective doesn’t make the drug a failure. I know it’s takes millions of dollars to create just one drug. Since their is absolutely NO treatments for us available, and financing is wh...
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    Orshi, Of course we all have our suggestions on this forum, your symptoms can be many different things: celiac disease, imbalance of gut microbiota, a gastric ulcer, among others. The problem is many allopathic providers don’t believe in the imbalance of gut microbes and other alternative diagnoses so it’s hard to find a provider that will test for...
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    I’m not one to pick at someone because of their opinions; we all have the right to our own. What I don’t agree with is the spread of incorrect information and bad references. My degrees and profession are highly dependent upon evidence-based practice… meaning there is a lot of research to back up the guidelines we use to diagnose and treat patients. When...
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    I had some bloating after eating foods for years and chalked it up to a sensitivity to a food but it never bothered me enough to take a deep dive into the cause. I also have Hashimoto’s and for over 20 years kept having to change my dose of meds every 4-6 months until I had a functional medicine doctor suggest me having gluten intolerance and try a gluten f...
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    Per a previous reply to you, factors such as taking biotin, or a multivitamin with biotin in it, timing of blood draw, etc. will change lab results, and there are such things as false-positive and false negative results that's why labs may get repeated. Interestingly, there was a study that is linking anxiety to thyroid inflammation and elevated thyroid...
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    Every person’s health is individualized by treatment and how they will react to treatment, food, etc. Such as my TPO dropped drastically after going gluten-free and yours did not budge. So what works for some won’t work for others. Reason why it’s call the PRACTICE of allopathic or naturopathic medicine, etc. But I do agree you you that iodine suppl...
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    It’s smart that they are only give you 1/2 of your DRI on potassium in a meal and not the whole thing. We get potassium and other vitamins and minerals in different foods that all add up. Potassium is not an electrolyte to mess around with. I’ve seen multiple patients throw themselves into arrhythmia that could have been fatal because they added potassium sup...
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    The reason people are not prescribed Synthroid/ Levoxyl (levothyroxine), Cytomel (liothyronine) or Armour when their thyroid panel is normal is it can result in factitious or exogenous hyperthyroidism (MedlinePlus, 2020). If this hyperactive state continues for a long period of time severe complications can occur: Afib (increase risk of clots, stroke or death...
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    Sorry this is so long but I hope it helps. The references are packed full of great statistics and information. I do have experience with a GFD but have not been overly cautious of cross-contamination factors and have typically cheated at least 2-3 times a year since going gluten-free. Since I have no Celiac symptoms and was not Celiac at the time, I...
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    This poor woman only asked about Hashimoto’s and yet somehow the subject when WAY off into left field with NAFLD. Two strong indicators for choline deficiency are AST, ALT and CK values (Wallace et al., 2018). If these are not elevated then it’s very unlikely she has choline deficiency or NAFLD. Just because most people do not get what has...
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    An elevated trig level does not always mean non-alcoholic fatty liver disease… especially if liver function tests are normal. It’s more likely in my patient with diabetic lipemia (trigs over 2400) but not with chocoholic’s case of trigs of 259
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    It’s because her thyroid peroxidase (TPO) is elevated. I wonder now if an anti-TG was done… https://www.mayoclinic.org/thyroid-disease/expert-answers/faq-20058114
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    Also, you think your trigs are very high…I’ve seen trigs over 2400 in my field mostly in patients with diabetic lipemia. Look up “strawberry milk-like blood” it’s what happens when blood that has an extreme amount of trigs has been centrifuged. It’s crazy!
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    Hi there, I’m completely opposite from you, as I’ve had Hashimoto’s most of my life but was just diagnosed with Celiac 3 days ago. So I know a bit about it! I’m also in healthcare. Yes you have Hashimoto’s due to your elevated TPO, it would have been a lot higher if you were not gluten free. Honestly, I refuse to go to endocrinologists (which is...
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