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My husband, oldest daughter, and I have hypothyroidism and my 17 y.o. daughter has recently been diagnosed with Grave's Disease.
Here's my current concern: I have been noticing that my youngest daughter (12 y.o.) has been sick with various non-specific ailments a LOT this past school year. Sometimes she has a swollen throat, sometimes headaches that come and go, and sometimes (like this past week), she experiences nausea/aching stomach with an absense of vomiting. It is only very seldom that she runs a fever, and then I am fairly confident that she is sick with the latest garden-variety virus.
My 12 y.o. is a very pleasant and level-headed kid who is NOT a hypochondriac. She is experiencing some of the things that both of her older sisters went through (swollen throats and vague stomach problems). The middle daughter ended up having her adenoids out this past August from frequent sinus inflamations, but I never got a good explanation of what destroyed them. My oldest daughter has had more vague troubles, such as joint pains and a couple of times when she had unexplained sudden profuse sweating and passing out.
Does anyone know about some good information about the auto-immune disorder that seems to cause thyroid problems? I found that it is fairly useless to go to G.P. doctors with the types of symptoms listed above. I have a question in to my middle daughter's endo. clinic N.P. RE: if they test kids for the auto-immune condition. Any help would be appreciated.
Here's my current concern: I have been noticing that my youngest daughter (12 y.o.) has been sick with various non-specific ailments a LOT this past school year. Sometimes she has a swollen throat, sometimes headaches that come and go, and sometimes (like this past week), she experiences nausea/aching stomach with an absense of vomiting. It is only very seldom that she runs a fever, and then I am fairly confident that she is sick with the latest garden-variety virus.
My 12 y.o. is a very pleasant and level-headed kid who is NOT a hypochondriac. She is experiencing some of the things that both of her older sisters went through (swollen throats and vague stomach problems). The middle daughter ended up having her adenoids out this past August from frequent sinus inflamations, but I never got a good explanation of what destroyed them. My oldest daughter has had more vague troubles, such as joint pains and a couple of times when she had unexplained sudden profuse sweating and passing out.
Does anyone know about some good information about the auto-immune disorder that seems to cause thyroid problems? I found that it is fairly useless to go to G.P. doctors with the types of symptoms listed above. I have a question in to my middle daughter's endo. clinic N.P. RE: if they test kids for the auto-immune condition. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks for the info. I think I'll just keep an eye on my 12 y.o. and ask that she get a routine blood test for thyroid levels (TSH is the only thing that family doctors check for, I think) whenever she goes in for a yearly physical.
Sorry I made such a mess of my first post (one of the many aspects of Gravers' Disease). Hope you can make sense out of it.
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Just my personal opinion and/or experience. Always discuss your health issue with your doctor , always adhere to your doctors advise and, you always have the right to a second opinion. Nothing is a 100% or a 100%, 100% of the time. However, we are not all alike!
GL,
1990 - Hyper/Graves'
1997 - Dia/RAI
1999 - TED - slight Thyroid Eye Disease
1999 - Visible Nodule (suspect Marine-Lenhart-Syndrom/hyper-functioning nodule)
2000 - SAS - Short Attention Span (short, spaced paragraphs, sweet and to the point helps)
2002 - IED - Intermittent Explosive Disorder (Graves' Range)
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Just my personal opinion and/or experience. Always discuss your health issue with your doctor , always adhere to your doctors advise and, you always have the right to a second opinion. Nothing is a 100% or a 100%, 100% of the time. However, we are not all alike!
GL,
1990 - Hyper/Graves'
1997 - Dia/RAI
1999 - TED - slight Thyroid Eye Disease
1999 - Visible Nodule (suspect Marine-Lenhart-Syndrom/hyper-functioning nodule)
2000 - SAS - Short Attention Span (short, spaced paragraphs, sweet and to the point helps)
2002 - IED - Intermittent Explosive Disorder (Graves' Range)
Without going into the Scientifics, not that I could - Its the immune system that causes autoimmune thyroid disorder.
Hyperthyroidism/Graves' Disease - Hyper/Graves' is a thyroid autoimmune disease. This means that the body's own immune system produces antibodies that mistakenly "attack" the thyroid gland as if it were a virus or foreign substance, hence autoimmune. It also affects other organ systems as well.
No one knows what precisely causes Graves' Disease. It has genetic factors which contribute approximately 20-30% of overall disease susceptibility. CTLA-4 appears to play a very important role. It is believed that mental or physical stress, a stressful or life changing event, death of a spouse or of a loved one, can cause a genetically pre-disposed person to develop Graves Disease, but not all patients experience a stressful event.
It is autoimmune in etiology, influenced by a combination of environmental and genetic factors.
CTLA-4 appears to play a very important role. Genetic factors contribute approximately 20-30% of overall disease susceptibility.
Environmental factors associated with susceptibility are largely unproven. Candidates include infection, iodide intake, stress, sex, steroids, and toxins. Smoking has been implicated in the worsening of Graves ophthalmopathy.
Hypothyroidism/Hashimoto's - Hypo/Hashi is an autoimmune thyroid disorder. There is some evidence that Hashimoto
Hyperthyroidism/Graves' Disease - Hyper/Graves' is a thyroid autoimmune disease. This means that the body's own immune system produces antibodies that mistakenly "attack" the thyroid gland as if it were a virus or foreign substance, hence autoimmune. It also affects other organ systems as well.
No one knows what precisely causes Graves' Disease. It has genetic factors which contribute approximately 20-30% of overall disease susceptibility. CTLA-4 appears to play a very important role. It is believed that mental or physical stress, a stressful or life changing event, death of a spouse or of a loved one, can cause a genetically pre-disposed person to develop Graves Disease, but not all patients experience a stressful event.
It is autoimmune in etiology, influenced by a combination of environmental and genetic factors.
CTLA-4 appears to play a very important role. Genetic factors contribute approximately 20-30% of overall disease susceptibility.
Environmental factors associated with susceptibility are largely unproven. Candidates include infection, iodide intake, stress, sex, steroids, and toxins. Smoking has been implicated in the worsening of Graves ophthalmopathy.
Hypothyroidism/Hashimoto's - Hypo/Hashi is an autoimmune thyroid disorder. There is some evidence that Hashimoto
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