Hashimoto Diagnosis

[pookie1121]

.Is there a link between having a hormone IUD (IUC) and being diagnosed with Hashimoto?

I am a 36 year old female.  2.5 years ago I gave birth two twins.  about 1 year ago I got a hormone IUD as contraception.  Today I received my diagnosis of Hasimoto Thyriditis.

Bloodwork came back values of
FT3  3.51 pg/ml
FT4  0.94 ng/100ml
TSH  2.39 mU/l
TPO  199 U/ml

FT3 and FT4 were inthe normal range.  TSH also, but in the upper normal range.  The TPO was of course very positive.

Should I have the IUD removed?
Could there be a connection?

Could this autoimmune disease be the reason why I seem to be relatively susceptible to virus and bacterial infections in the past few winter months?!?  I have been sick much more often than in the past....
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[redheadaussie]

Hashimoto's is an autoimmune disease which can take years to develop. It is not brought on by having an IUD.
Keep your IUD.

[Red_Star]

Hashimoto's thyroiditis is stated to be a combinations of genetics with a "trigger".  I haven't actually come across IUD as a trigger however childbirth can be a hormonal trigger for Hashimoto's.  There may be no symptoms in the early stages of Hashimoto's.  Selenium is shown to help lower TPO antibodies in various clinical trials.

Vitamin D deficiency is extremely common with Hashimoto's thyroiditis.  Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have found that vitamin D is crucial to the immune system. T-cells start out inactive, but once triggered they become killer cells that seek out and destroy viruses and bacteria.  T-cells will lie dormant unless they can find vitamin D. To add, vitamin D levels are lowest during winter.  Optimal vitamin D levels are 50 - 80ng/mL or 125 - 200nmol/L year round.