Graves disease and thyroid cancer

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Avatar n tn I have graves disease, but was in remission. Then I had cancer and chemotherapy. My TSH level is hyper again and my other tests normal. The doctors won't say if chemo can activate your graves disease. They do say that a physical or emotional change to my body can trigger it. My thoughts, Cancer and chemotherapy are big time physical and emotional changes.
Avatar f tn 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.
Avatar f tn The TPO and Tg antibodies may be negative in Graves.
Avatar f tn I could be mistaken - but I have looked the evidence over and talked with people here and the theory of RAI and cancer you talk about is reversed. I as an RAI patients back in 2003 was recently informed by an ENT that people that do have RAI - that develop nodules are at a higher risk on the nodule being carcimona. That is not very enlightening for me b/c they found I do have a solid nodule now. I am on Armour - no there is no blood. //// yuckie..... Graves speeds up your body.
Avatar f tn I´ll certainly go to a good ophtalmologist and hope I have merely thyroid cancer and dry eye syndrome.
Avatar f tn Similarly, sarcoidosis of the thyroid gland may develop in response to an established thyroid disorder including Gravesdisease, nodular goiter, and thyroid cancer. Patients with Gravesdisease 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.
514523 tn?1215832667 Hi anyone with graves and nodules? I was put on antithyroid meds and its a wait and see if the nodules are cancerous. Was wondering how bad are the side effects from the meds and does RAI give you cancer late if you do have nodules? I thought i had hot nodules but it turned out to be graves and is it hereditary?
393685 tn?1425812522 6 years ago I was diagnoised with Graves Disease off a TSI lab and an uptake scan indicating autoimmune Graves. I had RAI done 6 weeks after the DX due to a thyroid storm. In the years after RAI I was very hypothyroid but no other autoimmune tests were done and I gradually became extremely ill. I recently have found two wonderful doctors who have helped me in switching my medication and running appropriate lab work.
Avatar n tn Hi, I've been treated for the last 4 years for Graves Disease with block and replace here in the Netherlands. Now, in preparing for a thyroidectomy, I had a scan which revealed thyroiditis. As far as I can see, this is not a symptom of Graves Disease. Without medication I am still hyper. Any ideas what this could be?
Avatar f tn s destroys thyroid function, and your thyroid seems to still be able to produce thyroid hormones just fine. Do you have results of antibody tests (TPOab, TGab and TSI)? If so, please post them with reference ranges (they vary lab to lab, so you have to post both together). After a TT, you will be permanently hypo, and you will have to take replacement hormones daily for the rest of your life.
Avatar f tn 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.
Avatar f tn 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.
Avatar f tn I have a question on the contrast that is used with CT Scans. I have/had ovarian cancer (OVCA) and typically have CT Scan's atleast annually. As I had tumours throughout my pelvis they use the IV contrast as well as the Barium gastro constrast. While talking with the endo's and being diagnosed with Graves disease they asked about any CT scans etc but I didn't think to ask them. Is the contrast used in the IV for CT Scans a problem for people with thyroid conditions?
Avatar f tn I was diagnosed with Papillary Thyroid Cancer in 1979. My paternal grandmother and her sister had Thyroid disease. One of my dad's sisters has Thyroid disease and Celiac disease. One of my mom's sisters has Thyroid disease.
Avatar f tn You have hyperthyroidism. Most commonly this would be Graves' disease. The ultrasound did not show a nodule that would be "hot". The vascularity on the ultrasound was unremarkable, typically in thyroiditis this is a low. Classically in Graves' disease it is high but this does not exclude Graves' disease. The antibody you've had have been negative but these are nonspecific for Graves' disease.
Avatar f tn This is the result from one study "Prevalence and relative risk of other autoimmune diseases in subjects with autoimmune thyroid disease"... "The frequency of another autoimmune disorder was 9.67% in Graves' disease and 14.3% in Hashimoto's thyroiditis index cases (P=.005). Rheumatoid arthritis was the most common coexisting autoimmune disorder (found in 3.15% of Graves' disease and 4.24% of Hashimoto's thyroiditis cases).
Avatar f tn Before losing my job I was told that thyroid was over active and was put on meds but I just recently notice that I have a small lump inside my neck the size of a medium grape which makes it hard to swollow . My guestion is because I dont have insurance how bad could this get and is there anything I can do in the mean time.
Avatar m tn 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.
Avatar m tn 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.
1428646 tn?1330978063 graves disease will attack and organ. the first time I had graves disease it was attacking my heart making my heart beat faster. I was on medication for about 2 years. then it went into remission now it is back. graves disease could attack any organ , graves disease is your immune system attacks your organs not virus or bacteria.
Avatar f tn Even in the unlikely event that you would have cancer, thyroid cancer is the easiest of all to cure, by removing the thyroid and taking the cancer with it. This would leave you with hypothyroidism and you would be dependent on thyroid replacement hormones, as are many of us, here on the forum, including myself. You should ask your doctor for some simple thyroid blood work. The basic thyroid panel is TSH, Free T3 and Free T4 (be sure to specify the "Free").
Avatar f tn 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.
Avatar n tn if it is the thyroglobulin quantitative level (ie, not the antibody) then it simply means there is excess thyroid tissue (goiter - in your case, nodular goiter from what you are describing). It cannot be used to suggest cancer vs benign. Biopsy would be indicated if there are large nodules. If it is antibody level - then it could mean autoimmune thyroid disease, would need to look at TSH to see if the thyroid hormone production is normal.