[Ski]

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You may indeed be one of the lucky ones who has transient thyroiditis. An uptake/scan is pretty good evidence, if you don’t follow the GD pattern. If it’s thyroiditis, your symptoms should resolve within six weeks, I believe, so if they continue past 8 or 10 weeks, you may have to look again. The antibody test isn’t always conclusive (in other words, we can have a low level of antibodies and still really have GD). Doctors usually use the hormone levels and the scan primarily, then use the antibody test as a final piece to the puzzle if necessary. You have two out of three that do not match GD’s typical pattern, so as I say, you may be looking at a very temporary condition. Let us know, would you? ” title=”Very Happy” />

[SaraYo]

#1019677

Hello, I’m very new to this "diagnosis" of Graves Disease, but that diagnosis was given to me before my thyroid scan results…"normal but with a significantly diminished 24 hour uptake". My question is this…Are you still considered to have Graves’ Disease (low TSH, High t4) with a low radioiodine uptake scan and normal antibody results?
Since I received the scan results, I’ve been told that I may have Thyroiditis. And that you can still have Graves’ along with this. Does this sound right? Anyone have any information or personal experience that they could share with me? Thank you in advance for any information…
Sara

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