Diseases and Conditions

Causes, Symptoms, and Facts on Hashimoto’s Disease

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Testing and Diagnosing Hashimoto’s Disease

As we mentioned above, if you happen to experience any of the aforementioned symptoms you should speak to a doctor. In order to diagnose Hashimoto’s disease, usually a doctor will request that you have a blood test done in order to examine your your thyroid hormone (also known as T4) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (also known as TSH) levels or any other antithyroid antibodies (known as TPO antibodies).