WHAT SYMPTOMS WHAT IS IT?

ARE YOU
WOULD I BE
EXPERIENCING?
Hashimoto’s disease is an autoimmune
condition, this means that one’s
AFFECTED BY
The most frequent symptoms
immune system is attacking its own
body. In this case, one's immune
HASHIMOTO’S
include: system is attacking its thyroid gland.
When the thyroid gland is attacked, it
DISEASE?
❑ Fatigue
becomes unable to produce thyroid ❑ Are you a woman age 40-60?
❑ Depression ❑ Do you experience symptoms such as
hormones and eventually, the function
❑ Difficulty concentrating fatigue, unexplained weight gain, and hair
of the gland becomes weakened
❑ Swelling loss?
severely. When the function of the
❑ Bradycardia ❑ Do you have a family history of
gland is weakened, the body
experiences an array of unpleasant autoimmune disease?
symptoms.
If you answered “yes” to the questions
above, keep reading.
HOW CAN I GET RID OF MY
HASHIMOTO’S DISEASE?
Technically the disease itself has no cure,
but there are treatments to help
minimize your symptoms. Some of these
treatments are:
HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
Hormone replacement is the most
commonly used to treat patients and is
usually successful.
ELIMINATION DIETS
Elimination diets are almost always
effective but tend to be demanding.
THYROIDECTOMY
A thyroidectomy is extremely uncommon
and is used as a last result.
WILL MY QUALITY OF LIFE
SUFFER?
Many patients complain that the treatments
given to them take a toll on their quality of
life and mental health. Finding what is right
for you to relieve your symptoms can often
become a process of trial and error. WHAT ARE SOME
EXAMPLES OF
TREATMENTS?
WHERE SHOULD I GO TO GET
TREATED AND OFFICIALLY ❑ Levothyroxine
DIAGNOSED?
Visit an endocrinologist to get diagnosed and ❑ Liothyronine
treated. Your doctor will most likely order a
hormone test and an antibody test. After your ❑ Gluten-free diet
results come back treatment options can be
discussed.