I have hashimoto's. My daughter (aged 33 and just had a baby 7 months ago) has just had a very thorough blood test done by the doctor (as she has felt unwell for some time) and I post some of the results below. I would be very grateful if someone could look at these for us please, and let me know what you think (the doctor has put that they are all normal):
TSH 1.06 mU/L (0.35-5.50 mU/L)
Free T4 12.0 pmol/L (10.50 -20.00 pmol/L)
Free T3 4.6 pmol/L (3.50 - 6.50 pmol/L)
Thyroid Peroxidase 35 iu/ml (<60)
Plasma glucose 4.0 mmol/L (3.00 - 5.50 mmol/L)
Plasma creatinine level 53 umol/L (54.00 - 145.00 umol/L)
Plasma potassium level 3.7 mmol/L (3.50-5.00 mmol/L)
Serum iron 13.9 micromol/L (11.00 - 30.00 micromol/L)
Serum folate 10.1 microg/L (3.00 - 20.00 microg/L
Serum ferritin 42.6 microg/L (10.00 - 200 microg/L)
Serum vitamin B12 372 ng/L (180.00 - 900.00 ng/L)
Vitamin D 44 (33-79 insufficiency)
Do these look 'normal' ? The doctor has gone down the route of antidepressants at the moment and my daughter also has other symptoms such as fibromyalgia, extreme tiredness and lack of co-ordination, hair loss. The doctor has told my daughter that she would not treat her for hypothyroidism until her TSH was 6 or over!
Please can anyone help?
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Could someone look at my results please?
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Hi,
She had TPO ab but not to the level they will treat unfortunately, same as my daughter.
She does appear low in a lot of those results, personally I would supplement the d3 and b12 as she is too low. I recommend the Solgar d3 1000iu softgels, I had one good day on these before I changed to my prescribe d3, no where near as good.
Hope fully someone else will comment soon as I'm no expert.
Thanks Starfish. I will get her some Solgar D3 and b12. I guess we just need to keep an eye on things.
Best wishes
Kathy
Her B12 and folate are both too low, plus FT4 and FT3 levels lamentable. Doctor should be shot or be given a forcible eye test, but I have been there too. Link below takes you to my posts on raising B12 by DIY method, about 6 posts I think, just keep reading! Make sure she takes enough B12 daily. She will get no help from GP about B12 as she is in range, NHS range goes far too low and is anyway only the serum B12, does not reflect what B12 fraction (Active B12) is available to the cells, link below also leads to info re Active B12 testing. She needs folate also, the supplementary form in called folic acid and 800 units is usually reckoned an adequate supplement. Never take folic acid alone, it goes with the B12 as B12 needs folate (folic acid) to be properly assimilated by the body but taken alone can mask damage by B12 deficiency.
myrios.co.uk
for testing both folate and serum B12 by pinprick test, only £30.
Ferritin is not optimal either, should really be about 3/4 way up range, but taking iron is a matter for monitoring by doctor as too much iron can be dangerous.
Body can handle food sources though, iron, plus folate/B12 at high levels in lamb's liver/chicken liver - tuck in! But she has to supplement (pills) that B12 and folate. Buy ONLY methylcobalamin form of B12, Swansons, Jarrows, 60 x 5000mcg tablets from amazon. 5,000mcg equals 5mg.
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