Significant proportions of young patients with type 1 diabetes also have thyroid and celiac disease autoantibodies, based upon a large study of nearly 30,000 type 1 diabetics. Roughly 20% had positive thyroid antibodies and 11% had celiac antibodies, researchers state in the Diabetes Care study.
Type 1 diabetics' risks for thyroid disease and celiac disease are well known. In 2005, the American Diabetes Association advised that when children and adolescents are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, they should have their thyroid function monitored once metabolic control has been established, and they should be screened for celiac disease antibodies "soon after the diagnosis of diabetes and subsequently if growth failure, failure to gain weight, weight loss, or gastroenterologic symptoms occur."
Steve - reaffirmation for why gluten intolerance and celiac disease needs to be diagnosed as early as possible before diseases like type 1 diabetes occurs.
Friday, July 16, 2010
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So, I have gluten intolerance and thanks to Bonnie have been on a gf diet for almost three years. I also do not have a thyroid gland (removed 1976) and have been on Synthroid since 1976. Does that mean that I have thyroid disease?? I get a yearly thyroid test.... No diabetes.
Thanks, Steve.
It is possible that your past gluten consumption may have contributed to your thyroid issue. However, if you thyroid has been normalized by the Synthroid and you have no blood sugar/insulin issue, just keep doing what you are doing.
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