Management of graves disease in pregnancy

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Avatar f tn Hello Mary, Welcome to the Pain Management Forum. I am sorry to hear that on top of Chronic Pain you have also been DX with Graves Disease. You've asked a good question. I have a close friend that has this condition. He has not noted any difference in the effectiveness of his medications. I have what's called "Dumping Syndrome" meaning that everything I ingest gets rapidly put through my system.
Avatar f tn I have had graves disease for 5-6 years now. I take one 10 mg of Methimazole at night time and that is all. I have been very stable on my medicine for years now. I have also been very lucky to not have any problems with my eyes or other symptoms of that nature. I always get concerned when thinking about pregnancy because I want to make sure it is safe for me to conceive. Also, I know that your thyroid can get worse and better during and after pregnancy.
Avatar f tn Im 7 weeks preganant with my first and I have Graves disease which is a thyroid autoimmune disease. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced pregnancy with this disease or something similar??
Avatar f tn It's likely that you have Graves' disease. However, you should have a TSI (thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin) test to confirm this. TSI is the definitive test for Graves'. Sometimes Graves' can be managed with medication. Surgery and RAI are also options. Read all you can about Graves' and discuss which options are right for you with your doctor.
Avatar f tn Yeah got a question does the thyroid (graves disease in particular) cause your liver to elevate and abnormalities in your blood? had a recent physical and those showed up on there!
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 n tn Yes - It is important to have close monitoring as thyroid under/over-activity can impact pregnancy - please discuss with your endocrinologist in terms of best management options.
Avatar f tn 0 usually) before pregancy on a stable dose of a levothyroxine product (brand preferred in pregnancy for consistency), with expectation of increasing the dose by 25-40% during pregnancy (usually within first 16 weeks). Test TSI during second trimester - if >3-5 x higher than upper end of normal (not common), then fetal ultrasound and close following with high-risk OB is usually indicated.
1398190 tn?1290292799 Earlier this year we found out I have Graves. In October of this year, I had all of my thyroid removed. I am now Hypo and on Synthroid. I do feel much better now that it's out, still no heart trouble. I'll be 32 in Jan. and we would love to have atleast 1 more child. We have always wanted a big family. We would like to know what risk I may have along with our unborn child, what type of doctors should we look to? I will have to be on Clomid and do IUI again.
Avatar n tn Need to know info about unplanned pregnancy and graves. Graves isn't as controlled as could be. What is risk to her own life?
Avatar f tn Hi there... there isn't any reason for you to be so depressed about your daughter's diagnosis of Graves Disease... Why don't you give me some more information and I'll try to help you work through it, so you don't feel so bad about it? First off, do you know what her current thyroid hormone levels are? They should have tested her for Free T4 and Free T3, along with the pituitary hormone, TSH.
Avatar n tn Graves is an autoimmune disease and unfortunately for life. Controlling whether they raise or suppress is key to beating the symptoms of the disease. If you are on Levo now - your labs must be abnormal and now lean towards hypoT levels. You would feel like cr@p right now with the swinging patterns you have been on. "Once Graves.... always Graves" is the saying here. But I am positive your endo or ???
Avatar n tn I have been going to an Endocrinologist for almost 1 year. He has done several ultrasounds showing that I have 5 tumors on my thyroid. I have a biopsy which showed they were benign. I recently had another ultrasound which showed one of the tumors had shrunk but another one appeared.
Avatar f tn Thyroid inferno refers to the colour Doppler appearance of the thyroid gland in active Graves disease (inclusive of variants such as Marine Lenhart syndrome), and consists of multiple small areas of colour flow seen diffusely throughout the gland representing increased vascularity and arteriovenous shunting.
Avatar f tn Have you been tested for thyroid antibodies to make sure you do, in fact, have Graves disease and are not simply in a hyper phase of Hashimoto's? Both Graves and Hashimoto's are autoimmune. While Graves is always connected with hyperthyroidism, Hashimoto's is most often connected with hypothyroidism, however it's not uncommon for one to have periods of hyperthyroidism in the beginning stages. You should ask for thyroid antibody tests.
Avatar f tn The TPO and Tg antibodies may be negative in Graves.
Avatar f tn 339-50.
Avatar f tn d with Graves in March 2006. I have been on MMI(methimazole) for 2.8 yrs. I started off on 30 mgs. and went very very hypo right away. I have gained 38 pounds in 2.8 years and feel dreadful. When dx'd my TSI was 243 <129. My FT4 for was 1.86(.8-1.85) and FT3 was 2.60 <2.00. I really never had very high FT's. They have always stayed low but my TSH has been low forever. I think I have many blocking antibodies because of my TBII is 31% <16%.
Avatar f tn No - I doun't feel it is necessary to go to a motel and consider that in depth. The cleaning staff will not clean appropriately becuase they do not know what you've been through and contimanation is an issue to others. You have the control to take care of everything in your enviroment without putting others in jepordy that have no clue what's just transipred. Consider that before making your final decision.