This is actually what the article says, which may inform your diagnosis: > A few days later, she called to say that I had antibodies to my thyroid, a butterfly

This is actually what the article says, which may inform your diagnosis: > A few days later, she called to say that I had antibodies to my thyroid, a butterfly-shaped gland in the neck that regulates metabolism and energy. My thyroid was being attacked by my immune system—a disease known as autoimmune thyroiditis > A common symptom of autoimmune diseases is debilitating fatigue. > I found people who had the same supposedly disconnected symptoms I’d had over the years. One woman, like me, had had hives for months before an autoimmune disease was diagnosed; some had low cortisol or Vitamin D and Vitamin B12, or were anemic. Others experienced joint pain and the same maddening itching sensation that came and went. > My joints hurt, my neck hurt; I had nosebleeds and large bruises up and down my legs. I spent hours every day unable to work, in the grip of severe itching in my arms and legs. > "Your labs look normal, except for the thyroid hormones" > A rheumatologist had found an antigen in my blood that is associated with a number of autoimmune diseases.