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Of course. I will share the labs and info I have. My thyroid was the first thing I requested to have looked at when I saw my PCP. Initially, I was diagnosed after I had my first child in 2008 and my thyroid was overactive and I had thyroid antibodies that were really high. (I was put on medication.) After seeing an endocrinologist, he essentially said that I had both issues and it was rare but not unheard of. During my second pregnancy, my levels stabilized and remained stable until a couple years back when they were slightly low, but after an adjustment to some medications I was on (seroquel for sleep) they went back to stable so I wasnt medicated. The one thing that has remained high is the antibody levels. For now, my PCP has monitored them.Here is a link to the labsI added the historical and current thyroid labs, as well as the most recent labs that have been run, and a few imaging reports. If you want to see anything else, or if I didnt quite fit something on a page as well as I think I did, just let me know.Sorry it took me a while to get that up, I appreciate you taking the time to look over it.
gpt
Well, I doubt it's related to the thyroid. Your free T4 is normal, and it's free T4 that causes the symptoms of hyper or hypothyroidism.
I did see that come across...thank you for easing my mind! I keep coming across rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis as well. It's just very difficult to identify whether I have a few different things possibly that just happen to be displaying all together (ie. a genuine food/medication allergy combined with lower body pain from lower back nerve issues, etc). Although i do notice that I have periods of clear skin and minimal discomfort all around, and then it'll transition to a week or two or increased skin redness and sensitivity. The swelling is unfortunately something I'm seeing everyday though.
Both of those fall under different groups of inflammatory arthritis - this type of arthritis does present with swelling. The pain is typically described as a stiffness that improves with activity - hence it tends to be the worst in the AM or after a long car ride for example. The swelling you have is interesting to me but the character of your pain is a little atypical and the overall picture does not seem to clearly fit inflammatory arthritis.The causes for facial flushing are many - ranging from menopause to thyroid issues. Typically we shoot for a unifying diagnosis but certainly could be more than one - time for a doctors visit!