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Grave's disease
Hello sir. I have been diagnosed with hyper thyroidism. I have been taking carbimazole 30mg/day from last 1 and half month.
My anti TPO ab test show me increased antibodies- 21 IU/ml ( <9 )
Then doctor recommended me Radioactive iodine ablation as it is Grave's disease.
I went to Nuclear center Rohtak, haryana
They did Technitium uptake scan and that also shown increased uptake by thyroid.
Then The doctor there said that i should go for anti TSH antibody test before thyroid ablation.
"My Anti tsh ab result- 1.07 IU/ml
(normal- <1.22)"
My new thyroid results after anti thyroid drugs- TSH- 0.21 (0.45-5.3)
T3- 1.04 (0.87-1.78)
T4- 7.27 (6.09-12.23)
Now is it Grave's disease or not ?
I am a Mbbs student and am really tensed about this. Pls Help🙏🏻
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Dr. Varunchandra Alur
Diabetologist
10 yrs exp
Davanagere
Your thyroid suggestive of hyperthyroidism. Two ways to confirm Graves’ disease technetium uptake scan if uptake is high and diffuse it’s Graves second thyroid receptor stimulating Antibodies (TRAB) if positive Graves. So ur TRAB is negative but technetium uptake scan is gold standard for confirmation. So need to reduce the dose and consult.
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Consult endocrinologist with technetium uptake scan report
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