Hi all, thanks for letting me join. I'm a 22 year old girl and I think something is wrong with my thyroid? Can anything be deciphered with these results? Thanks
TSH 10.6 (0.2 - 4.2)
FREE T4 9.3 (12 - 22)
FREE T3 3.1 (3.1 - 6.8)
ANTI TPO ANTIBODY 89 (<34)
ANTI TG ANTIBODY >1200 (<115)
FERRITIN 26 (30 - 400)
Could I just check whether your GP has seen these results? If so, what did he/she say about them?
TSH 10.6 (0.2 - 4.2) As you can see, your TSH is high because it's above the top of the reference range. The top of the reference range is 4.2. This means your thyroid is not working properly, it is underactive and you are hypothyroid.
FREE T4 9.3 (12 - 22) Your FT4 is below range. The bottom of the range shown is 12 so you do not have enough FT4. FT4 is converted in your body into FT3, as a result of not enough FT4 your FT3 is too low.
FREE T3 3.1 (3.1 - 6.8) Your FT3 is right at the bottom of the range. This is the important thyroid hormone. It shows you do not have enough T3 for your body to function properly. If you do not have enough T3 you will feel unwell and have many symptoms. Every cell in our body needs thyroid hormone.
ANTI TPO ANTIBODY 89 (<34)
ANTI TG ANTIBODY >1200 (<115)
Both TPO and TG antibodies are elevated above the top of their references ranges. So, you have thyroid antibodies and therefore you have autoimmune thyroiditis otherwise known as Hashimotos thyroiditis.
You need your doctor to prescribe levothyroxine. Unless very weak, infirm or with a coexisting heart condition, your doctor should start you on 50mcg and retest your blood in 6 weeks time and increase your dose until your TSH is around 1 which is where most people begin to feel well.
FERRITIN 26 (30 - 400) Your ferritin level is too low for your thyroid to function effectively but it may be low partly because you are hypothyroid. As it is below the reference range your doctor should treat.
Please see advice from SeasideSusie for vitamins as you also need B12, folate and vitamin D testing as they all can be low.
Your TSH is over 10 which is now the benchmark figure for needing treatment. You must be feeling dreadful and you can see how much overcthe range it is and how low the others are. Have a look o n the Thyroid Uk site, they run this forum. There is a list of thyroid symptoms, about 300 but we don't thankfully get all of them! Print it out and tick the thinks you have and show it to your doctor as well. You may even be treated for some of them and not feeling any better because you aren't getting the right treatment. Many doctors aren't too familiar with the treatment so always ask for a copy of your results and keep them in a file for reference but also you can share with us and we can explain what is happening. Ranges are important as they differ from lab to lab.
I have symptoms which are
Constipation
Fatigue
Muscle aches
Heavy cycles
Dry skin
Weight gain
Dizziness
Tinnitus
Feeling cold all the time
Bags under eyes
Tick all that apply and take to different GP at the practice. You are hypothyroid due to Hashimoto's and need to start treatment
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About 90% of all hypothyroidism in Uk is due to Hashimoto's
Hashimoto's affects the gut and leads to low vitamin levels
Low vitamin levels stop Thyroid hormone working
Your vitamin levels are all too low and need correcting to help thyroid hormones work
Poor gut function can lead leaky gut (literally holes in gut wall) this can cause food intolerances. Most common by far is gluten
According to Izabella Wentz the Thyroid Pharmacist approx 5% with Hashimoto's are coeliac, but over 80% find gluten free diet helps significantly. Either due to direct gluten intolerance (no test available) or due to leaky gut and gluten causing molecular mimicry (see Amy Myers link)
But don't be surprised that GP never mentions gut, gluten or low vitamins. Hashimoto's is very poorly understood
Changing to a strictly gluten free diet may help reduce symptoms, help gut heal and slowly lower TPO antibodies
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You need medication as soon as possible!
You really must sort this asap as you must be feeling rough. If he doesn't say yes I would complain to the practise manager and at least try a different doctor in the practise if this is possible.
Everything as been spelled out excellently above and you should take note of it all. Basically, yes you have hypothyroidism. I just wanted to add that I think you doctor knows nothing of thyroid problems from his comment that you are simply "out of range". This is a nonsense appraisal of your condition so I would like to urge you to find another doctor. Many of us on this site have got through half a dozen doctors before we have found one who is knowledgeable about thyroid conditions. I myself went through four and my Endo has just referred me back to my GP for prescribing only since #4 helped me become perfectly fit. - So I guess that makes it 5! The point I am trying to make is that you should not feel awkward or embarrassed firing one doctor and then going to another. I myself was very shy to do this and it took #2 almost killing me before I had the guts to hobble round to other doctors asking if they prescribed NDT (and I had to do my own research and private blood tests before I even knew how to ask that question). It took two full days of desperate knocking on doors before I found one. Don't be shy like that, you have numbers to prove your status, go get a good doc.
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