Thyroid Peroxidase

[MaryKam]

My doctor has placed me on a small dose of synthroid for Hashimoto's thyroiditis - I just got back my lab results and my thyroid peroxidase is 959! That seem incredibly high - TSH is 5.27. I see a general practitioner - do I need a specialist? Has anyone else had a number that high on their results?

[Nikki333]

I have recently been diagnosed with Hashi with high antibody count and a positive ANA screen.  I will be going to Cleveland Clinic in a couple of weeks and am absolutely clueless.  Why is autoimmune thyroid rough and tricky?  How is diffirent?

[stella5349]

Wow - what a story - you're fairly new year and what a thing to have happen to both you and your daughter.

Geez - I feel for you b/c of the Thyca and then to have such a young girl suffer the Hashi's that is jsut horrible.

7 years she delt with it - Man - how terrible.

Welcome aboard and please post your story if you can as a profile on your member ID -

Thanks

[halojd]

Hi corky13,

My daughter's symptoms were numerous.  Fatigue - 2 to 3 naps daily for over an hour each, unrefreshed sleep, missed and heavy, painful menstrual cycles, inability to focus and concentrate, severe constipation, excessive weight gain, acne, bouts of depression, social problems, dry skin and hair, brittle nails and puffy face and hands.  Interestingly, after accepting as I had been told by numerous doctors that her thyroid was normal over the course of the last 7 years, I had taken her in to a specialist to have her checked for a diagnosis of Thalasemia.  This Doctor discovered her thyroid problem and said her Thalasemia diagnosis was questionable and inconclusive at this time.  I would be happy to let you know how she progressess and would ask that you do the same.  To my knowledge not one of the doctors who had checked her over the course of those 7 years ever bothered to order thyroid antibody testing.  I have just finished RAI for papillary thyroid cancer and was focused on my thyroid problem until my daughter was diagnosed with Thalasemia.

[corky13]

Hi halojd,
If you don't mind me asking, what were her symptoms? It seems to be common in a person that has a high Thyroid Peroxidase result to have symptoms regardless of the normal TSH, T3, and T4 levels. I was recently diagnosed with hashimoto's thyroiditis with similar results. I am currently on 25 levoxyl. I will move to 50 next week. I hope your daughter continues to do well.

[halojd]

My 15 year-old daughter's Thyroid Peroxidase was just tested at around 850 and a thryoid ultraound showed her thyroid to be significantly enlarged.  Her TSH, T3 and T4 were normal.  Her doctor has her on a titered (25 first week, 50 second week, 75 third week and 100 by week four) dose of Synthroid and after the first week she is already feeling better.  

[laura1967]

Yes you should find an endo who specializes in thyroid and is well versed in hashimotos. Autoimmune thyroid can be rough and tricky at times and you need a doctor who will take proper care of you, and understands the necessity of keeping your TSH supressed to between .50-1.0 in order for your body to heal and function.
I have seen a lot of people with high antibody count. All the more reason to stay on top.