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Havoc

1y ago

Understanding Hashimotos Disease and Hypothyroidism

So, I'm a little confused about Hashimotos disease for real, the way I perceived it was that it eventually led to hypothyroidism. So then I am wondering, is Hashimotos a separate disease and if so what exactly is it and how is it different from hypothyroidism. I guess I'm also just in general wondering what Hashimotos even means.

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CrazyDogMama

1mo ago

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Shamalama

1y ago

Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune disorder, meaning that your immune system saw your thyroid as an invader, and attacked it. Same as with type 1 diabetes and the pancreas. The immune system fails to recognize certain parts of us as “self”, and goes on the attack.
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Nicole_J

1y ago

From my understanding hashimoto’s will destroy ur thyroid to make u have hypothyroidism. They go hand in hand they lead to each other

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