Not exact matches
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.