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Very occasionally someone who has an autoimmune underactive thyroid has other autoimmune conditions.
• Pernicious anaemia. This happens when the cells of the stomach that produce acid are destroyed and the patient is unable to absorb vitamin B12. This develops into anaemia (low blood count) along with symptoms in the nervous system.
• Addison’s disease. This is the destruction of the adrenal gland and is associated with severe fatigue and low blood pressure.
• Type 1 diabetes. This is the destruction of the insulin producing cells of the pancreas.
• Destruction of ovaries in women and testicles in men. The results for women is failure to menstruate and for men infertility and impotence.
• Loss of parathyroid function resulting in low blood calcium and the possibility of severe muscle spasms and psychological changes.
• Rheumatoid arthritis which affects the joints.
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus which can cause disease of the skin, heart, lungs,
Kidneys, joints and/or nervous system
