The antithyroid antibodies (AAT) su ne cututtukan da ba na al'ada ba (autoantibodies) waɗanda ke kaiwa hari thyroid gland shine yake.

Suna bayyana yafi idan akwai cutar ta autoimmune thyroid.

Akwai nau'ikan AAT da yawa, waɗanda ke kai hari ga sassa daban-daban na thyroid, gami da:

• anti-thyroperoxidase antibody (anti-TPO)
• anti-thyroglobulin (anti-TG) antibody
• anti-TSH receptor antibodies
• anti-T3 da anti-T4 antibodies

Ana amfani da AAT musamman idan akwai alamun bayyanar cututtukan thyroid, amma kuma a cikin kima narasa haihuwa (maimaita zubar da ciki) ko kuma a cikin bin diddigin mata masu juna biyu da suka gabatar da cutar thyroid. Binciken su na yau da kullum yana da amfani don kula da cututtuka na autoimmune na thyroid.

Ana aiwatar da adadin AAT ta hanyar a samfurin jini venous, yawanci a crease na gwiwar hannu. Sakamako sun bambanta sosai daga dakin gwaje-gwaje na nazari zuwa wancan, kuma ma'auni da yawa na iya zama dole. Ba lallai ba ne a kasance a kan komai a ciki kafin samfurin.

Ana iya yin gwajin gwajin hormone thyroid (T3 da T4) a lokaci guda.

Kasancewar AAT, musamman a cikin ƙananan kuɗi, ba koyaushe yana haɗuwa da alamun bayyanar ba.

Lokacin da matakan suna da yawa (musamman anti-TPO), yawanci yana nufin cewa akwai rashin aiki na thyroid. Likita ne kawai zai iya fassara sakamakon kuma ya ba ku ganewar asali.

Wasu cututtuka na autoimmune thyroid sun hada da:

• Cutar Hashimoto
• thyroiditis na matasa
• Cutar kaburbura
• postpartum thyroiditis (mafi girma mita 6 zuwa 8 watanni bayan haihuwa)

Ciki, wasu cututtukan daji (thyroid), wasu ƙarancin rigakafi kuma na iya kasancewa tare da haɓakar AAT.