Chronic Illness

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[...]

While not quite as common as rheumatoid arthritis or Grave’s disease, Hashimoto’s disease is still a very prevalent autoimmune disease in the United States. And if you guys have been following my series on chronic illnesses, then you know we have a few chronic illnesses in the family - including Hashimoto's. Hashimoto’s th[...]