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Aldosterone test

[40y/o male, UK, family man, previously fit] Hi all, I hope you're doing well. I'm new to the forum so this is my introduction I suppose... So... Hi! if I make any mistakes don't be afraid to correct me. Long story short; I've been suffering a wide range of symptoms for years and have seen several

I began my journey with Atrial fibrillation in 2010. Low potassium and high blood pressure was considered to be the instigator. I found out a year ago that I have a tumor on an adrenal gland that is producing too much aldosterone. Too much aldosterone causes low potassium and high blood pressure. I currently

I have being diagnosed with Conns Diease. 2 benign tumours on my kidneys. initially I was prescribed Spriolactone to reduce aldosterone. Potassium levels became very high. Also had diarrhoea, wheezing chest, and fatigue. Felt very poorly. Had blood test and consultant stopped the Spriolactone. Some

Hey everyone, My aldosterone levels are very elevated at 409 (range up to 190). I'm waiting for the adrenal MRI. My endo said he's suspecting adrenal adenoma since my ACTH was low, blood cortisol high, unable to raise thyroid meds or raising and having symptoms. Anyone here diagnosed with it or know

Hello, I would like some help as I am new to all of this and feeling a little overwhelmed. I am a 32 year old female (66kg) I have had high thyroid antibodies for years and had a baby 8 months ago which has tipped my body into being hypothyroid. So I assume I have hashimotos although this hasn’t been

My blood results came back suggesting I have low ferritin. Can someone please recommend an alternative to three arrows heme iron that would be suitable for vegetarians. Many thanks.

been diagnosed with underactive thyroid for 27 years , been on thyroxine tablets but never relieved my symptoms. Blood always okay but always feel tired , low , dry skin, hair thinning , poor sleep. Where do I go from here.

Hi, I’ve just got results from recent Scleroderma panel, saying Hep2 screen positive with weak nucluer homogenous pattern and scleroderma immunoblot is negative. So I think this means that no specific antibodies have been detected so it’s a normal result? Just confusing it mentions positive and then

I've just led a Zoom discussion on low carb eating and in doing the research for it, it got me thinking Apart from the back pains, which I won’t bore you with today, I’m feeling pretty good and I think I’ve figured out why. Yes it’s partly to do with being full of the joys of spring and yes I am quite

Please advise I've been hypothyroid since 2008 treated no issues with accord 100mg 25mg Teva, until last year started feeling nauseous everyday worked out it was the 25mg Teva brand. My thyroid levels have been all over the place from untreated to overtreated I'll post recent results. I'm currently

I am on NDT and seem well controlled but my prolactin level was 2250 on first testing which apparently was not supposed to be over 100. I am 64 years of age and my CT scan showed no apparent tumour. I do run hot and am on HRT ( uterogestan 200mgs and sandera gel 1.5) but have no other symptoms . My question

Sorry the previous post was meant to read Thyroxine

Hi. For the past 11 weeks I have been talking Crescent Pharma Ltd thyroxine and been fine after first been given this by the hospital. Was given something else but after taking 5 days of it, found I couldn't sleep so asked for the original medication. My husband went to pick up my prescription and was

Hello All, I am wanting to here from people who a immune deficency, I got mine thanks to radioactive iodine treatment along with MGUS and hypothyroid. I have low igg, i am not tolerating ndt or levo or t3 , life is super stressful. I can only get compounded ndt in Australia which has my levels bouncing

Could you folks please pm me some inexpensive Liothyronine sources? I hear it's relatively cheap in the EU. My wife has low T3, which we have verified with labs (plus all the women in her family do).

Dry eyes seem to have developed since chronic sinusitis developed last October, the sinusitis has generally been debilitating leaving me mostly in bed. I'm now slowly beginning to feel a slight improvement and ready to address this. Doctors have not found helpful answers! It's stress....which is

Hi all — after 5 years of trying to stabilise on T4/T3 combined treatment with LDN for 3 years, my endocrinologist has suggested I try NDT (EFRA). I am extremely concerned given my past experience of not feeling any better on T4, and then only marginally better on T3 for periods of time (the latest

So since Christmas I have been feeling increasingly fatigued, falling asleep at random times and starting to feel confused about feeling hypothyroid. Checked my meds today and my T3 was out of date! Explains the feeling of everything being too much, headaches, lethargy etc Just mentioning this in case

Hi all. Well I was An app for today as they wanted explain Why my spine referral was rejected that was ok. I didnt expect them to do anything as spines not showing anything serious enough .I was.then told referral pain clinic might be advisable as they are specialised can look into it Better

Hi all, does anyone have any insight into these cortisol results? I take Erfa (NDT) 250mg (total) twice a day at 5.36/6am 125mg and then at 12pm - 125mg. I workout quite hard for one a half to one and three quarters hours every morning fasting until lunch (6 x per week). I was wondering whether the