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A friend has extremely high blood pressure, I told her to have her thyroid checked the results are as follows: TSH 1.52(0.27 - 4.2) T4 16.6

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(10.00 - 21) T3 5.7 (3.00 - 6.5) Do you think her thyroid is adding to the problem?

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Has she had her kidney function checked? Poor kidney function can be just one cause of high BP.

Hi seems on the face of it that levels for thyroid are good. Is it systole or diastole pressure that is high or both?

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