Diabetes and Your Thyroid?

Question

We all know that diabetes and thyroid disorders are both endocrine diseases and frequently autoimmune. Is it common for type 1s to also develop thyroid problems? I saw my endo yesterday and while everything was just fine (office blood sugar was 114 and I use a pump), my doctor took notice of my enlarged thyroid (something I never noticed). He asked me if I had gained some weight and I told him I had gained about 7 pounds in the last 6 weeks and my doctor also saw that my skin was really dry.

Now, I have a appointment for a whole lot of blood work (mostly thyroid and vitamin levels, along with the usual metabolic panels, blood count and A1C). I was tested for thyroid problems about 12-13 years ago and while my levels were slightly out of range, they were nothing to be concerned about.

So...hmmmm. I guess I'll wait fot the bloodwork to come back and see if I need to be adding Synthroid to my daily medications. Oh well.

EMT

Answer 1

There is a higher prevalence of hypothyroidism in diabetics.

My daughter's thyroid is checked annually.

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Answer 4

Hi, there is a very strong link between thyroid disease and diabetes. Thyroid disease is among the highest undiagnosed conditions in women today. (Men, too. If there is a family history...my uncle has it, one of his cousins did...) Once a decade or so is not enough for testing. Women over the age of 30 should have a full thyroid screen- T3, T4, TSH tests done every year. Be proactive with this. Look on the Internet and learn all you can. If you smoke, quit smoking now. Heart attack is THE leading killer of women. My mom, 64, had cut down on her smoking-(she started as a pre-teen, before all off the additives and mystery ingredients were added), had thyroid disease...Graves disease, and was being tested for diabetes. A heart attack killed her three years ago. Thyroid disease is hereditary. If something is out of range, make sure to monitor it. It's VERY serious, do not procrastinate. Be informed, ask questions and be proactive about your health.

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Answer 6

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Diabetes and Your Thyroid?
We all know that diabetes and thyroid disorders are both endocrine diseases and frequently autoimmune. Is it common for type 1s to also develop thyroid problems? I saw my endo yesterday and while everything was just fine (office blood sugar was 114 and I use a pump), my doctor took notice of my...

Answer 7

When testing thyroid, always test first thing in the morning because TSH changes throughout the day. Chances are if your thyroid tests were out of range 12 years ago, you were hypothyroid back then. AACe changed the guidelines in 2003 stating the TSH range is 0.3 to 3.0, yet most labs still have the range at 0.3 to 5.5. Most need the TSH around 1.0 to stop from gaining weight.

Below are some thyroid links for you to check out. If possible, you should have a free t4, free t3, and an antibody test along with the TSH.

Answer 8

Diabetic patients have a higher prevalence of thyroid disorders compared with the normal population. Because patients with one organ-specific autoimmune disease are at risk of developing other autoimmune disorders, and thyroid disorders are more common in females, it is not surprising that up to 30% of female type 1 diabetic patients have thyroid disease. The rate of postpartum thyroiditis in diabetic patients is three times that in normal women. I am sorry to be giving you this information but, knowledge is power! Good luck and pray that you do not have hypothyoidism. Have you considered drinking Chinese bitter melon or Indian bitter gourt juice first thing every morning? All you need is an ehthnic grocery store near by and a juicer. I make juice with 5 bitter gourds as per my PCP who recently took a couple of year's summer courses in China, I use a shot glass to drin one whole big gulp of BITTER juice and am no longer on any kind of diabetic medications! I also eat a salad for lunch every day with a total of minimum 10 servings of veggies and fruits. Hope things work in your favor....

Answer 9

Yes, take a deep reath and relax. Do it again. Now, since you don't yet have the results, you don't know what the readings are, but let's assume they show daibetes. Relax, it isn't a death sentence and it may be looked at as good news (in a way). In fact, you might even hope it is diabetes, rather than several other posibilities. If you want to be in control of your diabetes, you will have to adopt healthy diabetic eating habits. To do so, you have to read, research, study and......ask questions.

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My husband has both diabetes and hypothyroidism. Taking Synthroid isn't a big deal. He takes it every morning right when he wakes up, because you have to take it on an empty stomach and then allow 1 hour before eating. It's also pretty cheap, so even if you don't have a good prescription plan, it's nothing to worry about.