Graves disease symptoms thyroid cancer
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Similarly, sarcoidosis of the thyroid gland may develop in response to an established thyroid disorder including Graves’ disease, nodular goiter, and thyroid cancer. Patients with Graves’ disease may also have concomitant conditions of sarcoidosis affecting the lungs. Patients with systemic sarcoidosis may also develop sarcoid lesions in various organs including the thyroid gland.
I am a 25 y/o female diagnosed with hyperthyroidism at 16 and later with Graves Disease and Goiter. I have been on Tapazol along with Atenelol (for the Tachacardia) off and on for the past 9 years with no results. Every doc I see wants to discuss nothing but RAI or surgery. My husband and I have been trying to conceive for a few years with no success. I finally found out that I was pregnant the beginning of last year and made it to 4 months and suffered a miscarriage for no apparent reason.
My mother was diagnosed in her early 40s with graves disease and her thyroid was removed, around the same time she was diagnosed with stage 3-4 colon cancer. I'm aware there are connections between autoimmune diseases and thyroid and intestinal diseases/conditions. As I'm getting older I'm noticing I'm following in the same physiological footsteps my mother did before she was diagnosed.
Most nodules are very rarely cancerous but still have to be checked.
I suffer from Graves Disease and Hyperthyroidism and often go through periods of swollen tight neck and pain swollowing (choking sensation).
What meds are you on and what were your Labs (Ft3, FT4, TSH)?
RAI treatment went well and I was declared cancer free in 2008. I now have questions after 7 years regarding the Graves. Once the cancer was found all my doc talked about was the cancer, Graves was pushed to the side and we treated and talked about only the cancer. I foolishly believed that once my thyroid was gone I would not have to worry about the Graves and never asked much more about it. After some other issues with that doc, I ended up leaving him and going to another doc...
You have a history of autoimmune thyroid disease, initially presenting with Graves' disease and now normal thyroid function. The TPO antibody is a reflection of autoimmune thyroid disease. The nodule in this case may be an area of more pronounced inflammation in this setting however there is a slight increased risk of thyroid cancer with positive thyroid antibodies and biopsy may be indicated.
M PCP told me i had graves disease and referred me to an endo. The endo said that all of my symptoms "were in my head and nothing was wrong". A few years go by and I see my PCP again and asked how I have been treating my thyroid problems and I said "I don't have one". He showed me the consult report from the Endo confirming my PCP diagnosis. My question is this, What am I to do now? I have lost about 20 lbs. when i only weighed 110 2years ago and hair loss.
Graves Disease/thyroid conditions won't "cause" other conditions, but having one autoimmune disease increases the likelihood of having one or more other autoimmunes.
Also, autoimmunes tend to run in families, but not every family member gets the same one. For instance, I have Hashimoto's and Pernicious Anemia, my son has Type II diabetes and my daughter has Lupus --- all autoimmune.
why after almost two years do I still have graves symptoms.
Hi GinaViv,
Thyroglobulin is a protein made by thyroid cells - healthy and cancerous thyroid cells. In thyroid cancer patients, testing thyroglobulin levels is often used to test whether any thyroid cells are left in the body after a total thyroidectomy. If the thyroglobulin level stays the same or increases, it can indicate thyroid tissue (cancer cells) are left in the body.
PPT does not respond to tapazole and will get better on its own (4-8 week hyper phase followed by a hypo phase then usually recovery). Graves disease will need treatment with tapazole -- so ask about which he/she thinks it is and why. Graves will usually have positive TSI and or TBII antibody tests. Both will have positive TPO and Tg antibody tests. Both cause some thyroid enlargement, occassional hoarse voice and sore throat - but PPT does the latter two more commonly.
The scan your mum is most likely having is an uptake thyroid scan to see the formation of the thyroid to see if Graves disease is likely here.
How did the doctor arrive a diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis? Off these labs? - If so, nothing tested here could tell you for sure this is a correct assumption she has this.
I think the doctors term Thyrotoxicosis - could mean more possible Graves or hypothyroid disease and not toxicosis as we know it here in the states.
Oh wow!!!! You really said you'd "rather deal with hyper thyroid than no thyroid'?!? I have hashi's AND graves' and there comes a point when you are so sick and tired of hearing "lets just wait and see" from the doctors...These disorders ROB you of a normal life and "dealing" with them for some of us is not an option....
i feel like my legs are going to collapse, i feel sick all the time, im just looking for a doctor that will listen to me because my symptoms are getting worse. what i understand about graves disease is that it is an autoimmune disease and that there is no cure, but the endocrinologist is taking it so lighly because my readings are fine, what am i to do??
s patients as well as Graves patients as well as thyroid cancer patients. This test is not as important to a diagnosis as the other two but this test is commonly used as a marker to track thyroid cancer. NO it does not mean you have cancer if you have these.
Thyroid Stimulating Immunoglobulins (TSI) will be high. This test usually confirms a Graves Disease diagnosis. If you have high TSI as well as high TPO Ab's, you either have a scorching case of Hashimoto's or Hashitoxicosis.
m sorry that you are having such a rough time. I also had RAI almost 3 years ago now. I did not have cancer, but had Graves disease. You probably had a much stronger dose of RAI than I did, but I was able to go home right after and then isolate myself for the next 3 days due to the radiation.
I made sure that I sucked on candy quite often the first several days to make sure that I did not have a problem with my saliva glands. That's the purpose of sucking on the candy.
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