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Feb 24 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

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Transient elevation of triiodothyronine caused by triiodothyronine autoantibody associated with acute Epstein-Barr-virus infection - PubMed

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Thank you ⁦@renesugar⁩ … genius!!! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12699597/

“Acute #EBV infection may be associated with transient mild to severe TT(3) elevation as a result of assay interference by anti-T(3) autoantibodies.”

Where can I get tested for anti-t3 antibodies ?

I’m still sleeping all the time but this has actually woken me up a bit!!

Wonder how many others have this … is it really that unusual ? IMO many things in medicine are only “unusual” as they’re just not picked up .. #T3antibodies

“However, TT(3) remained highly elevated and returned to normal after 20 months, while T(3 )binding gradually decreased. Thus, her severe hypothyroidism was masked by this unusual phenomenon”
This could be me.

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