Newbie with Medicheck Thyroid Check UltraVit rT3 test results

[esther17]

Hi All,

After years & years of having many underactive thyroid symptoms, which always showed up on Vega/Nutritional tests but never in a Doctors blood tests!

I have finally had the Medichecks Ultravit rT3 test & now have the results.

Could someone please take a look for me & help shed some light on the results & what they mean.

Results are:

THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE 1.52 mIU/L 0.27

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4.20

FREE THYROXINE *11 pmol/L 12.00

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22.00

TOTAL THYROXINE(T4) 68.3 nmol/L 59.00

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154.00

FREE T3 4.03 pmol/L 3.10

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6.80

REVERSE T3 11 ng

/dL 10.00

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24.00

REVERSE T3 RATIO 23.85 15.01

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75.00

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY <10 IU/mL 0.00

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115.00

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODIES <9.0 IU/mL 0.00

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34.00

ACTIVE B12 90.900 pmol/L 25.10

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165.00

FOLATE (SERUM) 4.84 ug/L 2.91

-

50.00

25 OH VITAMIN D *40.3 nmol/L 50.00

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200.00

Interpretation of results:

Deficient <25

I

nsufficient 25

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49

Normal Range 50

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200

Consider reducing dose >200

CRP

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HIGH SENSITIVITY *7.72 mg/l 0.00

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5.00

FERRITIN 60.1 ug/L 13.00

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150.00

[Nanaedake]

It looks like your vitamin D is below optimum range. Yours is 40.3nmol and the bottom of the lab range you give is 50nmol which suggests you are deficient. Generally it's thought that somewhere mid-range is best. Your folate is also low which can be corrected by eating some folate rich food every day.

Not sure why FT4 is low but maybe because you have sufficient thyroid hormone? FT3 is in range and TSH normal for someone not taking thyroid hormone and without thyroid disease. Your thyroid may function more efficiently if you correct nutritional deficiencies.

I'm a bit confused about the thyroid antibodies lab ranges as they don't usually start at zero. And your result just says less than rather than exact measurement. Not sure if this means you have antibodies or not??? Maybe someone else can clarify. It could make a difference to interpretation of low FT4.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Are you on Levothyroxine?

Your FT4 is very low and below range. Your TT4 is also low in range. FT3 below half way in range.

If you are on Levothyroxine you need dose increase.

Vitamin D, folate and ferritin all on low side

Ferritin you could improve by eating liver once a week

Vitamin D will need supplementing, aim to increase to around 100nmol. Testing twice yearly

Vitamindtest.org.uk £28

Folate, perhaps just try increasing diet rich in leafy greens

Or you could supplement a good vitamin B complex with folate in

Do you suffer from low stomach acid?

drmyhill.co.uk/wiki/hypochl...

scdlifestyle.com/2012/03/3-...

[esther17 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks Slowdragon.

I'm not taking Levothyroxine, I don't even know what it is

I've had lots of blood tests & been told that all are within the "normal" bracket, so told to basically get on with it.

But I've always had most of the symptoms associated with an underactive thyroid.

So would you say my results point to an underactive thyroid & if so, what do I need to say to my doctor etc

Sorry for the questions

x