Guest guest Posted August 29, 2000 Report Share Posted August 29, 2000 DrVeronneau@... wrote in alt.health: > > " SCRAP THE TSH TEST! " SAYS THYROID EXPERT DAVID DERRY, M.D. > In response to an article in the " British Medical Journal, " Dr. > Derry has condemned the TSH test, saying: " " Why are we following a test > which has no correlation with clinical presentation? The thyroidologists > by consensus have decided that this test is the most useful for > following treatment when in fact it is unrelated to how the patient > feels. The consequences of this have been horrendous. Six years after > their consensus decision Chronic fatigue and Fibromyalgia appeared. > These are both hypothyroid conditions. But because their TSH was normal > they have not been treated. The TSH needs to be scrapped and medical > students taught again how to clinically recognize low thyroid > conditions. " Read my in-depth interview with Dr. Derry in which he > explains his concerns about the TSH test and modern diagnosis methods > for hypothyroidism. > http://thyroid.about.com/library/weekly/aa072500a.htm > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > <--noembed> > Nutrition Alternative Medicine > > alt.discuss.health.alternative.medicine > > alt.discuss.health.toxicity > > Member - Allexperts.com > > Make arrangements to converse with me on > Instant Messenger! Advise Time Zone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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