What your doctor wants you to know about your +TPO antibody
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- Опубліковано 15 гру 2024
- The TPO antibody is often misunderstood, get the facts and bunk the myths of your + TPO antibody.
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Before your clip, I had watched several other clips regarding the same topic. You are the first person who made sense and did not try to hide the uncertainties behind the fancy medical term. Thank You,
Again- this is very informative not for only for physicians but for patients. Thank you .
Thanks! My hope is to answer some of the questions I know we still may have after our doctor's appointment.
I like her honesty she said she just dont know !
I hope you see this question: early in disease, the ANA can flip flop positive to negative before the AI disorder “settles in”. To help diagnose Sjogrens, Ro and La are supposed to be positive but not everyone with Sjogrens will have Ro and La. Many women goes years without a diagnosis of the AI they have!! Have you ever ordered the Early Sjogrens Panel when you suspect Sjogrens but the usual tests are negative? Also, why do Sjogrens and RA travel together? What’s their connection?? Thank you😊
I learn more from you than my rheumatologist. Thank you!
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It makes sense, I had Kawasaki syndrome as a kid, and have high TPO levels but TSH, t3 and t4 ok levels
The only problem with Endocrinologist waiting, is that they don’t check antibodies like they should. I ended up with very high TPO antibodies, until I ended up with encephalitis. 🤦🏼♀️ Thank you for your videos! Hashimotos & PSA here. ♥️
How high did the TPO get?
Typically if you ask for the test they will offer it. Hopefully one’s insurance covers the test.
@@Pjzweek6586 Why do they wait for us to ask? Many people don't know they should ask for it.
Very informative!! Thank you.
My TPO AB endpoint was 673, and my thyroglobulin antibodies was 75.
Great video!
I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism approximately 30 years ago. I took pills for 15 years. When I moved to Hawaii, it took a month or so to find a doctor. He tested my blood to see where I was at with my hypothyroidism, and announced I had no problem. He's rechecked every year and still no problem. I was told I would have to take synthroid the rest of my life, 30 years ago and haven't for the last 15. Is this normal?
But now, I should add, I have a whole plethora of other autoimmune disorders like PMR inflammatory ra etc etc I wonder if my thyroid was my earliest one?
I also have had a lung carcinoid tumour removed but now I am have what seems like carcinoid syndrome again .I want to have an ultrasound on my thyroid to see if there is something there, apparently this is not unusual
Yes, please, can you talk about TG combined with TPO antibodies? Thank you
I have positive ana and thyroid peroxidase. - t4&tsf -)negative too.I do have psoriatic arthritis can inject biological now
Hi I’m 27 and have 56.86 Iu/mL TPO antibodies (normal was under 5.6 iu/mL), and normal TSH, T4,T3. I feel like I’ve had symptoms of Hashimotos recently (ex. High LDL cholesterol, fatigue, temple hair loss, puffy face, depression) My doctor said I need to get tested again 6 months from now. I wish i knew how to prevent any potential diagnosis and naturally heal my body. My mother has hypothyroidism/hashimoto/vitiligo, but she developed it in her late 40s.
Any digested problems?
@@JoseRuiz-ed5sh I do have bloating and sometimes constipation so yeah
My TSH was overactive, then went back to normal. But I’ve also tested positive for both TG & TPO antibodies. TPO antibodies were at 163 then last time it was checked, it was at 46. My LDL is high, adrenal fatigue, flaky scalp, rapid weight gain & depression.
Omg thank you for this video. I have just been diagnosed with +ANA and +TPO. It’s so scary I have no idea what to do!
You got this!
@@ConnectedRheumatology Hi! Is +ANA and +TPO reversible? Or is it guaranteed to progress into an autoimmunity disease?
Also with my +ANA and “very high” +TPO, I do have hypothyroid symptoms (difficulty maintaining weight, brittle nails, cold hands and feet, poor wound healing, androgenetic alopecia, dry hair). However, my GP and dermatologist said my thyroid function is normal. So with this silent autoimmunity to thyroid, what other tests should I do (ie full antibody panel)? Should I get a rheumatologist to do a full work up? Should I also go to the endocrinologist to do a full work up?
My Rheumatologist says hypothyroidism and Hashimoto and the treatment of this disease is the same so not necessarily needs a thyroid blood panel orAn antibody test. I have RA ,Sarcoidosis other unknown connective tissue disease .I want to be tested for this so I know what is happening
During embryo transfer and pregnancy, my infertility doctor tested TPO 1330. Then she let me take one pill a day Levothyroxine. Now I has miscarriages and stopped taking. 982, I take it again half pill. It still high 800-1000. My TSH and T3 is normal.
I need to see my regular doctor to see what’s going on. I never check TPO before.
These doctors make me so nervous!! That's unfair.. they must have checked everything before the transfer!!! Not let you go then you miss,,, bad doctors👎👎
My TPO is 1840.2 but my T4 reads 1.0. is there any correlation with TSH (5.459), RBC (5.09) EOS (.4) BUN (26) Low Vita D........ I have a yr wait to see specialist.
Thank you! What about antibodies to extractable nuclear antigens, anti- cardiolipin anribodies IGA, IGE AND IGM, Complement C3, C4, Double Stranded DNA, Lupus Anticoagulant, Sjrigens Antobodies?
Thank you
My antibodies test has just come back as 1300
My TSH is 0.02
My T4 is 28.6
I also have a benign pituitary tumour
These doctors are clueless. They do the bare minimum and send you on your way.
FACTS,they really don't know an UA-cam doctor and others are better doctors!
I have Hashimotos as of about ten yrs ago, with very low T4. My TPO antibodies were 740. Do you have any idea why they are now only 6? I am also being tested for other autoimmune issues.
Help me sir ....a m patient
high count of thyroglobulin antibody had a full thyroidectomy my count is 872 and normal thyroglobulin count
Hi! I'm confused on a result I got an I was hoping you could maybe give me some clarification as well as some possible questions I can bring up at my next appointment. So a while ago I started to feel super sick, and my tsh was checked and it was almost 5. So it def was out of optimal range. We just did another check because my birthmom has hashimotos and im having all the symptoms and my tsh and all that were normal, maybe not optimal, but in their standard range. But what's confusing me is that my TPO at the time was 12. Now I don't exactly know what to make of this because alot of people say it needs to be under 34, then alot say under 9, and alot say 0. What confuses me more is the 34 and the 9 tests have the same unit of measurement. I've heard from alot of sources that generally if theres no thyroid disease or autoimmune issue in a man, then your tpo should be 0. All this different info is so confusing and I just want to be able to discuss the proper stuff with my doc so he takes me seriously
I know it's so confusing! I'm not sure I can answer all your questions as the nuances of thryoid care is out of my level of expertise but I can say that what a lab may label as "normal" isn't always what doctors will aim for when treating certain conditions. As with many things, thyroid tests, including thyroid antibodies, aren't always black/white, normal/abnormal, and have to be taken in context with all the other labs and with your symptoms. My questions for the doc would be what they think your goal numbers should be, based on your history and your symptoms, and what are other symptoms you should look out for as an indicator that your numbers may be out of whack.
Hope this helps and good luck!
Thank you for sharing, great video! Can teenagers during puberty develop higher that normal PTO during puberty?
Hello, so I’m 29 years old , I I a year ago I had throat infection went to ENT specialist for that, so he told me my thyroid look a little enlarged, otherwise I never found that out.and then on appointment with endocrinologist and blood test my everything is normal eg, tsh,t3,t4 normal. But my anti TPO IU/mL IS 77.9 [ Normal Here IN Test IS, 0--5.6 ],AND Anti - TG IU/ML is 70.8 [ normal ratio here is 0--4.1 ] my vit D is Lower too., what should I do next , I had appointments with my doctor and instead they gave me appointments with nurse practitioner, which is stupidity. And she said I should not have to do anything and just after a year do all test again, what should I do , any medication , any food changes or life modification
? I’m waiting for ur reply back please…. Thank you so much
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Thank you for sharing, your videos! Are anti-TPO levels higher on boys during puberty? Thanks again, for sharing your knowledge with the public, lots of Karma points to you :))!
What is consider high is 95 is way high
Jesus she spends a third of the video talking about how she's gonna talk about what TPO is
A lot of words… not much information..
I’m sorry, but you were just as confusing as my endocrinologist you really didn’t give any kind of answers on what to do. That’s what we’re looking for. We all know what we have. We all know what it is. We’re all waiting for somebody to fix it to help us, but you really didn’t give that answer.