Hives and thyroid disease
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Hives and thyroid disease
| Tue, 07-27-2004 - 1:40pm |
One of the ladies posted about her having a bad case of hives and she was concerned maybe her thyroid had something to do about it. Mary Shoman's newest newsletter has some info on it. Here it is,
http://thyroid.about.com/b/a/099941.htm
July 19, 2004
Hives Linked to Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
Research reported on in the journal Dermatology found that the frequency of thyroid autoantibodies is significantly higher in patients with chronic urticaria (hives) than in healthy controls. In the study, all the patients with thyroid autoantibodies had so-called "normal" test results. Researchers concluded that there is a significant association between chronic urticaria and thyroid autoimmunity, but only the thyroid antibody tests are relevant in patients with chronic urticaria, versus thyroid function tests.
http://thyroid.about.com/b/a/099941.htm
July 19, 2004
Hives Linked to Autoimmune Thyroid Disease
Research reported on in the journal Dermatology found that the frequency of thyroid autoantibodies is significantly higher in patients with chronic urticaria (hives) than in healthy controls. In the study, all the patients with thyroid autoantibodies had so-called "normal" test results. Researchers concluded that there is a significant association between chronic urticaria and thyroid autoimmunity, but only the thyroid antibody tests are relevant in patients with chronic urticaria, versus thyroid function tests.

Michele