Blood tests

[sugarlugs]

I have now obtained a copy of my latest blood tests but no explanation has been given can anybody interprate. Been told to stay on 50 levothyrox.

Serum sodium 141mmol/l

Serum potassium 4.9 mmol/l

Serum urea 6.1 mmol/l

Serum creatine 91umol/l

Serum free T4 9.7pmol/l

Serum TSH 15.24mu/l

Any help would be appreciated.

Sugarlugs

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Hi

Have you got the ranges for the tests please - just to make sure the advice is as accurate as possible.

L

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[sugarlugs]

Ranges are :-

sodium 133 - 146

potassium 3.5 - 5.3

urea 2.5 - 7.8

creatinine 50 - 90

free t4 9.0 - 26.0

tsh 0.35 - 6.00

I presume these are the ranges as I'm not sure what everything means.

Both reports have advised my GP to contact me.

Many Thanks.

Jane

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For a lot of people, they don't feel well until their TSH is towards the bottom of the range (around 1) - or even lower and their T4 is towards the top of the range.

It may be that 50mcg is not the right dose for you.

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I'm sorry, I don't know about the other results.

L

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[helvella Administrator]

Could you clarify when these tests were done?

The TSH, for example, is early twice the value you posted five days ago.

Trying to make sure we have the right picture.

Rod

[sugarlugs in reply to helvella]

These set of tests were done on 10th may , the previous results, i have now found out were done in january. So in Jan tsh was 8 and now it is 15.24.

I got totally confused by what my GP told me but I went back and spoke to the receptionist who was very helpful and actually printed the last set os tests off for me.

I am having a real bad day today sweats, confusion, depression, etc.etc.

Any advice welcome

[helvella Administrator in reply to sugarlugs]

Unless something else is happening, you are quite clearly under-medicated and need to have the dose raised as soon as possible, re-test in 4 to 6 weeks, quite likely another increase, and so on.

All the best.

Rod

[serenfach]

Not sure how long you have been on levothyrox, but it looks (in my opinion) that you need to go up a step to bring the TSH down. I would also be worried about the creatinine levels as it shows your kidneys are under pressure. Mine bumps around the 100 mark, but they know my one remaining kidney is not too clever and are waiting to see what happens. As some of these results are outside the ranges, your GP would be negligent to not bring you back in and at least discuss the results with you.

[Heloise]

Are you sure your GP read these numbers? Your T4 barely within the parameters certainly accounts for the very high TSH number. No wonder you feel awful.