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Hi,
This is a very important question that everyone with Hashimoto's should be asking. I can only tell you from my experiences even though there are some articles in a few medical journals from around the world which show a higher incidence of Hashimoto's with people who've been diagnosed with Gluten Intolerance.
I know that when my patients avoid gluten they will recover much more quickly than those who don't. I also know that for some reason the avoidance of gluten will low people's thyroid antibodies.
One woman whom I was sure had Hashimoto's showed normal thyroid antibodies on a lab test. This was a test she had done the year before. I asked her is she had been avoiding gluten at the time of this test, and she had been.
I asked her to eat gluten for three days and to repeat the lab test, which we did. Her antibodies were high. Now, they may have been high before she reintroduced gluten but she remarked feeling much worse after it.
I've been considering the connection between the thyroid and the small intestines... embryonically they come from the same germ layer, what's called the endoderm. Maybe there is some connection with inflammation of the gut and inflammation of the thyroid.
You can have thyroid inflammation and not have Hashimoto's. But you cannot have Hashimoto's without having thyroid inflammation. Thyroid inflammation that goes on for a long time has a very high risk of developing into Hashimoto's.
I hope this offers a bit of clarity....
Dr. Alexander Haskell
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Is there a connection with the holocaust and hashimotos disease?
No.
What type of disease is hashimotos thyroiditis bacterial viral et cetera?
It is an autoimmune disease.
What disease cannot properly digest gluten found in wheat rye and oats.?
No disease can digest gluten. If someone has gluten intolerance or celiac disease that person will not be able to comfortably digest gluten, however.
Why are is gluten free product available?
It is for people that have a disease called Celiac disease. They cannot eat anything with gluten or wheat.
Is there a treatmemt for celiac disease?
Yes, the treatment for celiac disease is a gluten free diet. It is not a cure, but celiac disease is an autoimmune disease, where your body has an autoimmune reaction to gluten, so the only treatment that is presently available is avoiding gluten. Gluten is found in wheat, rye, barley, and oats (unless the oats are certified gluten free, oats don't actually contain gluten, but they are a rotated crop with wheat, so they are usually contaminated)
Can you get Hashimotos from a blood transfusion?
No
What is the name of the disease that is caused by an intolerance to gluten?
Celiac's Disease.
What effect does mixing time have on gluten?
no effect of mixing was observed for the storage modulus (G′) of gluten for any of the flours.
Can you out grow a gluten allergy?
Not if you have celiac disease.
You have hashimotos disease and I am pregnant should you visit specialist spendocrinologist or general medicine doctor is ok I am teaking medicine about 3 years?
Yes, see your GP.
Can one be allergic to gluten but not have celiac disease?
Yes, it's called a gluten sensitivity or gluten intolerance. A gluten intolerance is not as serious because it is a non-autoimmune condition and is not as sensitive. Where as with Celiac Disease it is an autoimmune disorder and causes people to be much more sensitive.
What is it about wheat gluten that some persons can't tolerate?
The protein called gluten harms the villi inside the intestine of people with Celiac disease, a hereditary disease that can only be treated by a wheat and gluten free diet.
