Thyroid Result

[Guest guest]

Hi, this is Trish, Mom to Andy, 35 w/DS. I have thyroid diease and my last test results were .04 which was really good and this time they were 5.563 which meant I wasn't getting enough thyroid. I have Hashimotes (sp) thyroid diease and I have to be checked often because mine does not stay level like others do. Anyway, your Dr. can tell you what those numbers mean or you can check it out on the web by just typing in "thyroid Dieases" I am surprised your Dr. didn't tell you and the numbers are all different in how they look at it now. I hope all turns out well for you. God Bless! "ktripp99@..." <ktripp99@...> wrote: Casey's is Tsh = 3.39 T3 = 183 T4 = 8.0 What do you think? I m not familiar with this yet. So, anything that I should be concerned, please? Thanks, Kathleen

[Guest guest]

Could you please specify what kind of T3 and T4 test and give the lab ranges from the results?

My guess looking at them is that the T3 & T4 are of the 'total' variety and that they are in the lower part of the range, but more info would help.

Take care,Alice - violist & HSing mom to Alice (DS) born Thanksgiving Day 1995 :-)Hopewell Junction, NYhttp://users.bestweb.net/~castella

thyroid result

Casey's is

Tsh = 3.39

T3 = 183

T4 = 8.0

What do you think? I m not familiar with this yet. So, anything that I should be concerned, please?

Thanks,

Kathleen

[Guest guest]

Hello

I'm not feeling very well so the Dr (NHS) did a Thyriod test and the results

were as follows;

TSH - 3.50 mu/L

Serum free T4 - 13.90 pmol/L

My GP says they are normal but looking at various web site could these result be

slighly underactive? If I were to see one of your recommeded thyroid Drs would

they consider that my thyroid was treatable?

I feel so ill I can not leave the house very often so I'm wondering if it is

worth paying the money too see a private thyroid Dr who migth look at my results

differently.

Regards

[Guest guest]

I know if I get to above TSH 1.5 ish and ft4 below 18 I feel horribly hypo

thyroid - ask your GP to test free T3 and antibodies or yes go see Dr P

> I'm not feeling very well so the Dr (NHS) did a Thyriod test and the results

were as follows;

>

> TSH - 3.50 mu/L

> Serum free T4 - 13.90 pmol/L

[Guest guest]

Hi Eparry42 (do you have a name we can use?),

Not surprised you feel rough, a normal tsh is 1, you would be treated for

hypothyroidism in Germany, France, Belgium America and Australia with a tsh of

3.5. Not in the UK though unless you push for it.

Its probably a good time to write a letter to your GP and send a copy to the

Head of Practice.

List all your symptoms and signs (check these on the web site www.tpa-uk.org.uk

or in the files under hypothyroidism). Take your basal temperatures for 4 or 5

mornings before you get out of bed and list these along with a list of any

members of your family who have an autoimmune or thyroid disease.

Request tests for thyroid antibodies and Free T3 and ask for a referral to an

endocrinologist of your choice - your GP is NOT a specialist and you are

entitled to a second opinion.

·Ask for your letter of request to be placed into your medical notes and a

response in writing, If you let the doctor fob you off at this point, you could

have years of feeling worse and worse. He needs to work out that he is working

for you, not against you.

Do some research on endocrinolgists before you confront the doctor. You need to

look on line at your local hospitals and see their specialists, then check out

the names of the specialists on the register of medical practitioners to see if

they specialise in Thyroid. Many specialise in diabetes which is not what you

want. Alternatively have a look at http://www.drfosterhealth.co.uk. A bit of

homework before you see the doctor means he won't be able to just foist you off

on to anyone he can think of.

Good luck!

.

·

>

> Hello

>

> I'm not feeling very well so the Dr (NHS) did a Thyriod test and the results

were as follows;

>

> TSH - 3.50 mu/L

> Serum free T4 - 13.90 pmol/L

>

> My GP says they are normal but looking at various web site could these result

be slighly underactive? If I were to see one of your recommeded thyroid Drs

would they consider that my thyroid was treatable?

>

> I feel so ill I can not leave the house very often so I'm wondering if it is

worth paying the money too see a private thyroid Dr who migth look at my results

differently.

>

> Regards

>

[Guest guest]

Dear (sorry, don't know your name)

Most definitely, your TSH is NOT normal. To feel normal, most

people have a TSH around 1.0 or even below that. The TSH reference range in the

US is 0.3 to 3.0 - in Germany and Belgium, their reference range is 0.3 to 2.5

(with a recommendation the upper level be dropped still further to 1.5), in

Sweden, their recent recommendations are that their TSH ref. range be dropped

with the upper level of 2.5 also. So, you can see, if you lived in any of these

countries, your TSH would be outside the upper level of the range and you would

be given a diagnosis and started on treatment. However, before spending any

money seeing a private doctor - try the following - which usually works.

Write a letter to your GP and send a copy to the Head of

Practice.

In that letter, list all of your symptoms and signs (look at our

web site www.tpa-uk.org.uk and click on

'Hypothyroidism' and then click on 'Symptoms and Signs' and check yours against

those). Signs are important, these are things your doctor should notice.

Next, list your basal temperature, taken before you get out of

bed for 4 or 5 days. Normal temp. is 98.6 degrees F. If yours is 97.8 , and it

could be much less, this means your metabolism is too low - caused because you

are hypothyroid.

Next, list every member of your family with an autoimmune or

thyroid disease.

Next, list the blood tests you would like to be carried out.

First, you need to be tested to see if you have antibodies to your thyroid. You

also need your level of T3 (the active thyroid hormone) checked. This is called

free T3 (fT3). Then you need the following blood tests, and tell your GP in the

letter that you are aware that should any of these be low in the reference

range, your thyroid hormone cannot be properly utilised in the cells. If any

are low, you need supplements. These are Ferritin (stored iron), vitamin B12,

vitamin D3, magnesium, folate, copper and zinc.

Next, tell your doctor you need a second opinion and wish him to

refer you to a thyroid specialist of your choice (NOTE: - you do not have to

see the specialist your GP refers you to, and if there is not a thyroid

specialist in your area, you can be referred outside of your area). Most NHS

endocrinologists have diabetes as their specialty and sadly, know little about

thyroid problems. I have sent you privately a list of more enlightened doctors.

Last, ask for your letter of requests to be placed into your

medical notes and ensure the copy is sent to the Head of Practice.

This usually works.

Meanwhile, read everything that is in the files section and

links - and check out the information in our web site. Any questions, just shout,

and somebody will be along to give you an answer.

Luv - Sheila

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Subject: Thyroid Result

Hello

I'm not feeling very well so the Dr (NHS) did a Thyriod test and the results

were as follows;

TSH - 3.50 mu/L

Serum free T4 - 13.90 pmol/L

My GP says they are normal but looking at various web site could these result

be slighly underactive? If I were to see one of your recommeded thyroid Drs

would they consider that my thyroid was treatable?

I feel so ill I can not leave the house very often so I'm wondering if it is

worth paying the money too see a private thyroid Dr who migth look at my

results differently.

Regards

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[Guest guest]

Hi

I am not convinced that the TSH makes any difference to how you feel at all, I

have barely any TSH and my body functions and how I feel depend very much on how

my FT4 fluctuates.

L

> >

> > TSH - 3.50 mu/L

> > Serum free T4 - 13.90 pmol/L

>

[Guest guest]

L,

In theory it's a simple enough loop, if the free t4 goes up, the TSH goes

down. If the FT4 goes down, the tsh goes up. Given that most people can't get

free t4 tested as their docs only ask for TSH, it's a reasonable way to get some

idea.

.

>

> Hi

>

> I am not convinced that the TSH makes any difference to how you feel at all, I

have barely any TSH and my body functions and how I feel depend very much on how

my FT4 fluctuates.

>

> L

>

>

> > >

> > > TSH - 3.50 mu/L

> > > Serum free T4 - 13.90 pmol/L

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Bunny, and ,

I am also struggling to understand this (apparently basic) element of the

thyroid tests. My TSH went up to 9.2 before my GP would prescribe thyroxin (had

felt lousy with a TSH of 4-5 for ten years before). My T4 was fine throughout. I

am technically " compensated hypothyroid " , which as I understand it means that my

system was still MAKING T4 - but it was having to work extra hard in order to do

so. This does not add up with a simple inverse relationship between TSH and T4.

Vicky

>

> Hi

>

> Mine doesn't seem to be working out that way - should it be?

>

> Blood test results March 2009

> TSH - 1.97 (0.27 - 4.20)

> Free T4 - 14.3 (12.0 - 22.0)

>

> Genova blood test results from this week:

>

> TSH - 1.65 (Opt Range 1.0 - 2.0)(Ref Range 0.4 - 4.0)

> Free T4 - 13.7 (Opt Range 12 - 20)(Ref Range 10 - 22)

>

> I'm not sure if I'm misunderstanding you but mine seem to both be decreased

rather than one going down and the other up if you see what I mean. I thought

that was how it worked but reading your post made me look at mine again.

>

> Gosh this is confusing..... ; (

>

> Bunny

[Ed]

[Guest guest]

Oh! I wish I hadn't said anything now.... It's only a simple theory but none of

us seem to fit it.... When there isn't enough T4 (and/or T3) the pituary gland

puts out more Thyroid Stimulating Hormone to try to get the thyroid to make more

hormones.

I only wrote about it because oaktrees in an earlier post said she didn't

believe the state of the tsh had anything to do with how people felt, and I was

trying to show that the TSH and free t4 were linked as the tsh is a reflection

of the amount of T4 available.

When the thyroid is struggling the amount of TSH can rise a lot to force it to

make enough hormones, so a rising TSH but steady T4 levels show that the thyroid

is being driven harder to just maintain output levels.

I do try... honest!

x

> >

> > Hi

> >

> > Mine doesn't seem to be working out that way - should it be?

> >

> > Blood test results March 2009

> > TSH - 1.97 (0.27 - 4.20)

> > Free T4 - 14.3 (12.0 - 22.0)

> >

> > Genova blood test results from this week:

> >

> > TSH - 1.65 (Opt Range 1.0 - 2.0)(Ref Range 0.4 - 4.0)

> > Free T4 - 13.7 (Opt Range 12 - 20)(Ref Range 10 - 22)

> >

> > I'm not sure if I'm misunderstanding you but mine seem to both be decreased

rather than one going down and the other up if you see what I mean. I thought

that was how it worked but reading your post made me look at mine again.

> >

> > Gosh this is confusing..... ; (

> >

> > Bunny

> [Ed]

>