You catch every cold the office has. The flu lasts a month longer than it should. Your TSH is "normal" but you feel terrible. Or your GP just told you your thyroid antibodies are elevated and now you have a Hashimoto's diagnosis with no follow-up plan.
Just diagnosed Hashimoto's — now what?
Hashimoto's is the most common autoimmune condition in women, and a diagnosis without a plan is unfortunately the norm. Conventional medicine watches the antibodies and waits to medicate. A functional approach looks for the upstream drivers — gut permeability, gluten exposure, vitamin D, selenium, chronic stress, EBV reactivation — and works to reduce antibody load before the gland is destroyed.
Why am I always sick?
A constantly hammered immune system is usually low-grade inflammation, gut barrier dysfunction, micronutrient depletion (zinc, vitamin D, selenium), or HPA-axis dysregulation suppressing immune response. Comprehensive bloods, OAT and full thyroid antibodies give the picture; protocol typically combines gut work, targeted nutrients and stress chemistry.