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Can Warfarin Contribute In Having Excessive Thyroid Antibodies?
I am taking warfarin for 2 DVT's, trauma related to a fracture / plaster cast. i have been diagnosed with excessive thyroid antibodies and i cannot find a cause for this. all info on web states npo causes known - would/ could warfarin contribute to this condition?
Thu, 10 Jul 2014
HI
NO Excessive thyroid antibodies is not due to your Warfarin consumption . Its most likely due to Auto-Immunity . Its a condition where your body produces these antibodies to destroy your own thyroid as it thinks that the thyroid is not its own part but a foreign tissue .
NO Excessive thyroid antibodies is not due to your Warfarin consumption . Its most likely due to Auto-Immunity . Its a condition where your body produces these antibodies to destroy your own thyroid as it thinks that the thyroid is not its own part but a foreign tissue .
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