I have previously posted about other results and symptoms. I have paid for a medicheck Thyroid check ultra and have an appointment with my GP on the 11th October. He has been very thorough and I have been referred to a gastro, am awaiting endoscopy and MRI of intestine, and have seen a urologist for the blood in my urine.
My concerns are with the TSH increasing and B12 decreasing. Tests in July intrinsic factor antibodies and coeliac both came back negative, I went Gluten free the day after these tests were taken.
Can the low B12 cause the TSH to increase? Any advice is greatly appreciated. (I will also post this in the pernicious anaemia forum)
Thank you for taking the time to write all that, I shall read through all of those links.
My understanding is that as I have no antibodies it's not Hashimoto's. Could being Gluten free for 2.5 months before the test be enough to eliminate them?
I'm not on B12 injections as "it's in range and and there's the ethical side of giving them", I eventook the NCE guidelines with me as per PA forum advice. I then tried taking a B12 complex which made my stomach spasm and me vomit.
Folate and Ferritin, I was told if I could show with peer reviewed journals that these level need treating then he'd look further. Full blood count in July showed no signs of anaemia.
Hence why I am trying to get as informed as possible!
I suppose, indirectly, it could, in that if your nutrients are low, it will affect your conversion of T4 to T3. However, your conversion appears to be ok. You just don't have very much T4 to convert.
The only other one to comment on at the moment is Ferritin done in July, at 41 (11-200) that's a problem. Ferritin needs to be at least 70 for thyroid hormone to work, preferably half way through it's range. So that might need some work. Either eat liver regularly, maximum 200g per week due to it's high Vit A content, and include lots of iron rich foods in your diet apjcn.nhri.org.tw/server/in...
or you could buy an iron supplement and take each tablet 4 hours away from thyroid meds and two hours away from any other meds and supplements. If you take tablets, then you need to keep an eye on your level so would need to retest after 3 months.
You can get Vit D done with a home fingerprick bloodspot test from City Assays vitamindtest.org.uk/ for £28.
None that would be acceptable to a doctor I'm afraid. They seem to like only evidence provided by the NHS and where there's a range you can be at the lowest level in the range and that is fine by them.
They won't prescribe when you're in range anyway, so you'd be on your own with a ferritin level of 41.
I raised my ferritin level from 35 to 91 just by eating liver every week as I couldn't tolerate iron tablets. Lamb's liver is quite cheap. I buy it fresh from my butcher, last time I got 500g for £2 and that will do 4 meals at 125g or 3 at 150g so very good value. If you know it's been delivered fresh and not previously frozen, portion it and freeze.
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