Help me find this article

[Holly99]

Hi I've read an article on here that talks about having raised TSH with normal T4 with something about the pituitary gland. I can't find it now- I think the author was Dr Toft?

[Hidden]

Hmm found this on Google:

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_...

further down the page:

Dr A Toft, consultant physician and endocrinologist at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, has recently written in Pulse Magazine, "The combination of a normal serum T4 and raised serum TSH is known as subclinical hypothyroidism. If measured, serum T3 will also be normal. Repeat the thyroid function tests in two or three months in case the abnormality represents a resolving thyroiditis.2 But if it persists then antibodies to thyroid peroxidase should be measured.

There's more about it on that page. Also there's the actual article, don't know if this is the one you want:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

Hope that helps! I put the search terms in google, I find that's more useful than the forum search sometimes.

[Holly99 in reply to Hidden]

Hi thanks but I don't think this is it. The paper I've seen explains the normal result in terms of pituitary function

[Numberone1]

I think you may be referring to high T3 and T4 levels and yet a raised TSH. That refers to pituitary function because I also have those results. I do not know where on here it shows that. Maybe someone could show us the way.

[Holly99 in reply to Numberone1]

No sorry the article talks about high TSH and normal T4

[ceasar]

it is important to get your tsh t3 and t4 done each time you get a blood panel regardless if your hyper,hypo or secondary.keep a record of your results any dietary and med changes . keep a record of symptoms specifically those which show signs of reduced or increased metabolism or med absorption.you soon see that you have a much better idea of whats happening than the doctor in his 10 minutes he gives you in the appointment

[Holly99]

Found it