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My immigrant ancestors' family was systematically and slowly wiped out by undiagnosed Hashimoto's. They neither knew what it was nor that they all had the same problem. The doctors of the era did not routinely do tests for TSH or free T3. The consequent gall bladder problems or secondary type 2 diabetes was misdiagnosed as primary. When the great depression came it only added to their misery. One of them became depressed and suicidal and spent the rest of his life institutionalized. I have it as well and take Armour thyroid (90 mg) after going the Synthroid route for many years. I've had several endocrinologists over the years, many don't have a clue and simply blindly prescribe T4 (Synthroid) and then increase the dose when it doesn't work. Idiots. Of course in some, possibly me, the T4->T3 conversion doesn't work so Synthroid won't. Your reference to research is intriguing I shall read it. As my field is Oriental Medicine, mainly Chinese, I spent some time seeking herbal treatments but whereas the Chinese herbal formulas for Graves disease seem useful, there is not much for Hashimoto's which, of course, will be known by a different way in the ancient pre-scientifc Chinese medicine classification system. I shall now take a look, with even more interest, at Ivermectin and Fenbendazole. Please keep up these great articles, they are quite likely life saving for some and very helpful for others. THANKS.... AGAIN !!!!!

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I still have my allergies to dust and dogs, which I've had since I was a child; but the half-dozen food allergies/intolerances I had have all gone. I have no idea whether this is as a result of taking IVM and FenBen; but it could be.

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