What is the possibility I could have thyroid problems?

Probably strong. Have you had your thyroid tested? You need testing for thyroid ANTIBODIES as well as TSH.

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Come here it is pass dow I will tell you why my gran now my ma and me and my sister 16 year all have it we are all on eltroxin. Im on 125 mgthat for under my ma is over my sister 16 year old is on eltroxin 50mg and she and I are both diabetics and so was my gran A. Yes, there is definitely a hereditary component to thyroid disease.

Both the most common cause of hypothyroidism (Hashimoto’s) and the most common cause of hyperthyroidism (Graves) in the US have a tendency to run in families. Hashimoto thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease characterized by gradual destruction of thyroid tissue, has a strong hereditary component. There is disease concordance in about 40% of monozygotic twins – and even asymptomatic siblings of affected patients often have circulating anti-thyroid antibodies!

Certain polymorphisms in a couple genes in particular are associated with the development of Hashimoto disease; one is the cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA4) gene, and another is the protein tyrosine phosphatase-22 (PTPN2) gene. The CTLA4 gene product keeps a lid on T-cell responses; the PTPN22 gene product is a lymphoid tyrosine phosphatase that inhibits T-cell function. Other autoimmune diseases (like type 1 diabetes) are also associated with polymorphisms in these genes.

Graves disease, an autoimmune disease characterized by over-stimulation of the thyroid gland, also has a strong hereditary component. Its concordance rate in monozygotic twins is 30-40%. It is associated with the HLA-DR-3 allele, as well as the CLDA4 and PTPN2 genes mentioned above.

Other thyroid diseases run in families too: silent thyroiditis and goiter, for example. Sometimes, no specific cause can be found for thyroid problems (hypothyroidism in particular) – and even those.

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