Whether high thyroid antibodies are serious or not needs to be considered on a case-by-case basis and cannot be generalized. It is important to go to the hospital when it is detected.
High thyroid antibodies are indicative of autoimmune thyroid disease. Thyroid autoantibodies include thyroglobulin antibodies and thyroid peroxidase antibodies. Thyroid peroxidase antibodies are the hallmark antibodies of autoimmune thyroid disease. Most patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, and diffuse toxic goiter have them.
Diffuse toxic goiter and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis have a better prognosis with standardized treatment. Hypothyroidism may occur in the later stages and can be treated with oral levothyroxine sodium, which is usually not considered serious. However, non-standardized treatment can induce mucous edema coma, hyperthyroidism crisis and other complications, which are more serious at this time.
Elevated thyroglobulin antibody in thyroid antibody can also be seen in some thyroid tumors, including malignant thyroid cancer, papillary medullary carcinoma, etc., which is more serious at this time, and if found to be thyroid cancer, it needs to undergo surgical resection treatment.
If thyroid cancer is detected, surgical removal is needed. If thyroid antibodies are found to be high, you need to go to the hospital for consultation, and pay attention to strengthening the testing of antibody levels and thyroid function tests, so as to understand the severity and progress of the disease, and carry out treatments under the guidance of endocrinologists.