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Please help!! auto immune illness even w/ normal blood test results?
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Nov 30, 2025 | Replies (52)Comment receiving replies
Hi everyone!
Quick update - I have had some progress on a few fronts. Firstly, my blood test results (attached below) from the doctor came back normal except that I had high levels of anti-TPO. My GP didn't tell me what this meant, just told me that I should be retested in the next few months to keep an eye on it. I have had to do my own research and it seems to indicate Hashimoto's? I'm not sure if having a high level of this once is enough for me to be diagnosed with Hashimoto's or if they need it to be elevated for a certain period of time before they diagnose me with that? I can see my other levels (TSH etc.) are normal, and research indicates this mean I could have Hashimoto's but without hypothyroidism at the moment - can anyone clarify?
Secondly, on the weight front - I followed the advice of a few people on here and eliminated gluten from my diet and began the anti-inflammatory diet (mediterranean diet), and MY GOD - I lost 5 kg / 11 pounds in the first week! More importantly, my digestion has been working much better and the bloat in my body and puffiness in my face have drastically reduced!
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I’m a big enough person to congratulate your weight loss. Figuratively and literally big enough 🙄. I am testing out a strict low fat diet that is sorta kinda modeled on a Mediterranean diet. Except I don’t really cook. I’m down 8 but it has taken 3’weeks. 🙂
@wonderwall12345 Hi! I know this is old but I came across your post about unknown autoimmune disease. It sounded almost exactly like me. Even down to the eye rashes. All of my blood work is always normal except my ANA and my WBC and platelets go low. Negative colonoscopy. My doctors have diagnosed me with Lupus and Behcets, but they still aren't sure. I went through so many different specialists. I finally had an immunologist who had me do a gluten free low fodmap diet since he said I'm one of their hypersensitive people. We didn't know why I was randomly getting hives. It turns out I am allergic to gluten and sensitive to several other food and additives, but it hasn't helped my autoimmune symptoms except for easing some of the digestive issues I've had for years. Everything else remains the same. I have quite a few more symptoms than what you mentioned but I have the same symptoms you mentioned too. I'm wondering if you got a diagnosis yet? Are you on any sort of medications? Did you just find maybe you were sensitive to gluten?
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That’s great news about getting some answers and your weight loss! Omg. Did you count calories too?