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Hypothyroidism, TPO antibodies, some lab numbers kind of criteria for diagnosis and the physiology of making thyroid hormone. Let's talk about that today. I've had some questions lately. I realize I haven't done one of these videos in quite a while, so let's knock this out. Hashimoto's is going to be a name used for the condition of having antibodies toward your thyroid. I'm going to get a little more specific with you, but I think in common terms, I think we've come to the point where if you have an autoimmune thyroid condition, they're just going to call it. I think that's probably fine. I don't think getting super specific about that really makes much of a difference. You'll see why I say that in a minute. So if you have an autoimmune attack on your thyroid, it's going to be called Hashimoto's. Now, let's go through how you make thyroid hormone so that we kind of have the same terminology as I talk about testing and diagnosing.

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So you have a gland kind of tucked...

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