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Hello and thank you for taking my questions.
For most of my adult life, I have struggled with a number of issues (weight that just won't come off no matter what I do, ect)---symptoms that indicate some sort of issue with my thyroid function.
I have had repeated thyoid routine testing (t3, t4, t5, tsh) and for the most part they have been normal.
Recently, my doctor requested that I go for some additional testing for something called thyroid antibodies. They checked something called thyroxine and thyriod perioxidase (spelling?). The results of the thyroxine (Spelling?) was 4 which was high (I was told normal value is less than 1)
and my thyroid perioxidase was 19 (also high)
What would cause this to happen and could it affect my weight? DO I need additional tests?
What do I do from here?
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Endocrinologist
Hello,
Thank you for your query at DoctorSpring.com
Presence of TPO antibodies alone doesn't mean anything unless TSH is high. Antibodies may be present in normal individuals too. Your degree of TSH increase doesnot increase weight as you think it does and treating it with thyroxine supplementation will not help much either. Weight gain is because of mismatch between dietary intake and exercise/energy expenditure and you need to tackle it with diet restriction and increasing your exercise.
No further testing is necessary here.
Feel free to discuss further,
Regards.