Chronic Illness

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, also known as Hashimoto’s disease, is one of the most common autoimmune diseases in the United States. Yet a lot of people don’t know very much about it. Before I was diagnosed, I didn’t either.  It’s a disease in which the immune system attacks the thyroid gland, leading to inflammation and[...]

Hashimoto’s disease, or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, is an autoimmune disease that affects your thyroid. Your thyroid is a gland at the base of your neck that is responsible for producing vital hormones (triiodothyronine and thyroxine).  These hormones play an important role in many of the body’s systems and functions. They[...]

Hashimoto’s disease is one of the more common autoimmune disorders. In people with Hashimoto’s, the immune system attacks thyroid cells as if they were some kind of threat. Hashimoto’s also usually causes the immune system to produce an antibody to thyroid peroxidase (TPO), a protein that is essential to thyroid hormone product[...]

Hashimoto’s disease is an autoimmune condition that affects the thyroid gland. The thyroid, located at the base of your neck, is responsible for making thyroid hormones that control many processes in your body.  Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is the most common cause of hypothyroidism. If you haven’t been officially diagnosed[...]