Thyroid and urticaria

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623944 tn?1244035490 The Role of Thyroid Antibodies Several groups of researchers have described a relationship between chronic urticaria and thyroid disease, primarily Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and to a lesser extent Graves’ disease. These patients typically have levels thyroid peroxidase antibodies. In general, these patients had severe chronic urticaria/angioedema and no other signs of thyroid disease although some patients had a slight goiter.
Avatar f tn Can anyone shed some light on thyroid disease and hives (Utricaria) I ask because I have had hives ever since I lost my thyroid to cancer in 2016 I had them as a young kid out grew them until 2016 and just recently I had a sever hives attack that sent me to the Emergency Room they were so bad that the back and top of my head swelled had them almost every where except face and I'm a pretty vanilla eater ..same old same old food wise and no new meds or vitamins.
Avatar f tn The pressure urticaria and vitiligo is what made me think thyroid. I had the rheumatoid factor and that was negative. That's when we discovered the low positive ANA. Thanks so much!! O and my mom has rheumatoid, fibro, lichen planus, and ulcerative colitis What type of test would you run for the symptoms I mentioned?
Avatar f tn "In conditions of chronic urticaria, thyroid antibodies are not only indicators of chronic inflammation, but they appear to play a role in the disease process. In most cases, improvement of urticaria with thyroxine replacement hormone suggests that chronic thyroid inflammation may initiate a hypersensitivity reaction and an underlying thyroid hormone deficiency. However, rarely, patients with chronic urticaria have undiagnosed conditions of Graves' disease.
5128334 tn?1364001945 TSH, free T3, free T4, thyroid antibodies - thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAb), and thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb). Excerpt from "Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies - TPO Autoantibodies and Their Significance" by Elaine Moore.... "In conditions of chronic urticaria, thyroid antibodies are not only indicators of chronic inflammation, but they appear to play a role in the disease process.
Avatar n tn Feeling that as I type this now actually with some lower back pain which i also find a bit weird. Is there any relation to migraines and urticaria ( i have never found the cause and i'm thinking its probably an autoimmune problem now - lupus and RA have been ruled out.) I do have vitiligo but it never spread past 2 fingers. I'm suffering!
Avatar f tn I have a little more insight for you...get the tests, see an endo, and get an ultrasound of your thyroid. Ive had urticaria for 3 years. Allergist didnt even check for autoimmune disease. After years of symptoms and blood work normal, they have found 2 nodules and goiter on thyroid. Definate link.
Avatar f tn all conventional medicines were experimented..left me with weight gain and no correction with urticaria..it made situation worse.so i left it sm yrs ago..got into homeopathic treatment (d-sensitizing with urtica urens) from 4 yrs...it just relieved rashes not permanently cured them...in between i got asthma attacks(nobody in family history has urticaria,asthma,thryoid) ..so got homeopathic treatment fr it too...so this was going on these yrs. last yr got married..we were planning to concieve..
Avatar n tn Please mention the lab reference range too which vary from lab to lab. Having a very low TSH with normal Free T4 and Free T3 is nothing wrong. In fact it means your thyroid gland require very less stimulation from pituitary gland, TSH to make adequate level of thyroid hormones. Since you are experiencing urticaria, likely the thyroid hormones might be spiking sometimes though not able to detect in lab test as it gives the instant values.
Avatar m tn Hello, Cold and tingly fingers on exposure to cold may be due to many possibilities.First and foremost cold urticaria has to be ruled out. Cold urticaria is diagnosed by holding an ice cube against the skin of the forearm for 1 to 5 minutes. A distinct hive should develop if a patient has cold urticaria.
Avatar f tn m corticosteroid, medrol dose pack, Pepcid 40mg, and atarax. Now dose pack is complete and it is day 8 of urticaria and severe itching and symptoms persists. I am unable to identify the triggering factor. Is it possible that the urticaria could be related to something I was exposed to in my travels?
Avatar f tn So, in the past year, my thyroid became and issue as well as worsening allergy sypmtoms. Is there a relationship? Just curious. Thanks again, everyone!
Avatar f tn I have had tremendous stress these past years, and recently developed chronic urticaria on my legs and arms over many months everyday especially in the evening which now seems to come and go, and is less frequent than before. My ultra sound seems within normal range as well with no nodules, my thyroid size normal as well. The radiologist just concluded with : Normal thyroid, "no nodules" parenchyme discretely hypo-echogenic heterogeneous favoring thryroiditis lesions.
Avatar n tn Subequently became hypothyroid and have been treated with levothyroid since 1984.I have had periodically had incidents of urticaria and have recently experienced SEVERE urticaria over a 3 month period. In doing a work up to determine the cause, my dermatologist ordered a thyroid antibody test( in addition to other tests. The levels of thyroid peroxidase antibody were high (675).I have been referred back to my internist for further evaluation and am scheduled for a thyroid sonogram.
Avatar m tn I have had chronic hives and hashimoto's for about 14 years. Thyroid is some what stable i have been on the same dose of meds for 6 years now. Hives on the other hand get harder and harder to control. What can I do? If you remove the thyroid will the autoimmune responce stop? This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/1290571'>Autoimmune Urticaria and Hashimoto Thyroiditis</a>.
Avatar f tn Researchers in the UK have reported two instances in which patients with chronic urticaria and TPO antibodies responded well to the anti-thyroid drug carbimazole." - Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies - TPO Autoantibodies and Their Significance by Elaine Moore. "In about half of patients with chronic idiopathic hives, the explanation is that body's immune system is, in a sense, overactive. The urticaria is "autoimmune".
12182312 tn?1427683956 The condition is called aquagenic urticaria aka water hives. This is a rare type of physical urticaria. Treatments include avoiding the cause (if possible) and anti-histamines. Excerpt from Wikipedia - Physical Urticaria... "The cause of physical urticaria is unknown but it has been suggested to be an autoimmune disease. Suggesting that antibodies, which are produced by the immune system to protect humans from foreign microbes, are binding to body tissue; damaging body tissue.
Avatar f tn This explains why so many people get hives when starting their thyroid hormones- if you take enough it is possible to override the thyroid and provide most to all of your thyroid hormones outside of your body, and not trigger your thyroid to produce more and hence trigger more antibody. I take armour thyroid which apparently just changed formulations.
Avatar m tn I got myself tested for thyroid and angiodema few months ago. For thyroid, the result was negative and negative for angiodema too. But, the doc gave me a warning about the angiodema report saying that the counts are in limits but not far from the count i shoud be concerned about. If you don't mind, can i share my test report with you and could you suggest me about it? Please let me know.
Avatar f tn s been constant. My lips also swelled really bad one day. I read about how thyroid disease and hives are related, so I had my labs drawn. Here are my results... TSH-0.24 T3-1.70 T4-0.89 My symptoms (besides the horrible hives) are high blood pressure, anxiety and mood swings, fatigue, constipation, mild hair falling out, rapid heartbeat, dry skin. So I've got symptoms of both hypothyroidsim and hyperthyroidism.
Avatar m tn I am not sure how the urticaria and the weight loss tie in with the rest. I would suggest checking your thyroid which can cause skin and weight loss issues.
Avatar f tn , which was supposedly related to having taken diclofenac (I’m allergic to all pain killers). I had hives and urticaria in my body and swelling of my lips and throat also. I was even hospitalized two days so they could get the swelling down with steroids.