Sentences with phrase «autoimmune thyroid disease increased»

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What is clearly evident in the Swedish health care registers is the fact that those who lack a thymus have an increased incidence of autoimmune diseases in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissue; Type 1 diabetes; thyroid disease; rheumatic disease; and hypersensitivity to gluten.

Moreover, insufficient sleep, as well as shift work, is associated with cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer, autoimmune thyroid diseases, rheumatoid arthritis and increased mortality.

Multiple studies have looked at the effects of smoking on people with autoimmune thyroid disorders, and one study observed an increase in autoimmune hypothyroidism in women, while another study showed an increase in Graves disease in smokers.

While increased incidence of Hashimoto's thyroiditis, the autoimmune disease responsible for the majority of cases of hypothyroidism, is part of a larger epidemic of autoimmune disorders, the skyrocketing rates of thyroid cancer are likely a consequence of over-diagnosis due to an unprecedented increase in thyroid imaging.

Also, having a thyroid condition — especially autoimmune Hashimoto's thyroiditis — significantly increases your risk of having nonceliac wheat sensitivity or celiac disease.

It is also important for physicians to be aware that the prevalence of celiac disease is increased in certain high risk groups, such as insulin dependent diabetics, people with either Down's syndrome, IgA deficiency or autoimmune thyroid diseases, Alzheimer's or autism and children with juvenile arthritis.»

For example, if you or any of your first - degree family members — parents, siblings, and children — have an autoimmune disease or autoimmune thyroid problems such as Hashimoto's disease or Graves» disease in particular — your children face an increased risk of developing an autoimmune thyroid condition, as well as other autoimmune diseases.

But to get a clear picture of a potential autoimmune thyroid disease, you must check for increased antibodies that are specific to thyroid proteins.

Other autoimmune diseases: if you or family members of other autoimmune diseases, like lupus, multiple sclerosis, or rheumatoid arthritis, for example, you have an increased risk of thyroid problems.

A dog with a normal T4, increased cTSH, and positive TgAA will be considered to have autoimmune thyroid disease which has been compensated for by the production of more T4 in response to destruction of some T4 by the antibodies, and the subsequent release of more cTSH.