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[hellybaybee]

Hi everyone,

Please can someone interpret these results? My mom had a blue horizon test which showed her as being low in range for T4 and T3 with tsh of 2 point something (I think) with low b12 and vitamin D. She had a further test from the GP - the image is of nhs results (please can you look at my last post to see the blue horizon ones? I can’t upload both) Both tests were taken in the morning and she has only undergone treatment for vitamin D deficiency.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Are you saying her FP did not treat her low B12?

Looking at your Mum's previous results on Blue Horizon they wer terrible . does she now get regular B12 injections?

If so it's often recommended to also supplement a good vitamin B complex to help support other B vitamins and folate

Does she do this?

Has her vitamin D been retested since loading doses for severe deficiency?

If not suggest you retest via vitamindtest.org.uk £29. Postal kit

Her ferritin is still too low. Needs to be around 70. Eating liver once a week should help improve

Is she now strictly gluten free?

Her TSH is climbing, you probably need to test FT3 and antibodies privately

[hellybaybee in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks! No they didn’t give her B12, I have low B12 myself and thought the same, it’s still quite low now from what I’ve read but not as bad? She hasn’t been retested for her vitamin D which seems a little lax and she isn’t gluten free (though I have tried to tell her) I think she’s trying to cut it out slowly. The thyroid stuff is the thing that really threw me I know tsh seems high but T4 isn’t too bad - it’s annoying but in Birmingham they don’t seem to test for T3 on the nhs (weird because 6 minutes up the road in Solihull, they do). Also T4 has changed quite significantly between the two tests as well 🤔

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to hellybaybee]

Appalling that they didn't treat her low B12

You could perhaps get her on a good vitamin B complex, if she would take that every day? Perhaps with sublingual B12 too

Does she have any low B12 symptoms

b12deficiency.info/signs-an...

Definitely get vitamin D retested

Not surprised that TSH has risen. Improving vitamins will increase ability to utilise thyroid hormones

[hellybaybee in reply to SlowDragon]

Yes, I told her the B12 was low and she has started taking it daily, I think it’s 1000 iu but could be wrong. She wasnt taking anything at the second test except for vitamin D and she definitely had symptoms of B12 deficiency, some things have improved though, she dropped a lot of weight (she carried it on her tummy) and her hair is thickening up a bit which is good because it’s naturally fine any way. Her nails are still crumbley and ridged though and have no half moons (she used to have beautiful nails) and her skin is cold on the thighs and dry and a bit like crinkled paper on her arms and she moisturises regularly so if she was healthy it wouldn’t be like that - it never used to be.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to hellybaybee]

It takes months after stopping B12 for levels to fall to pre supplement levels

Might be good idea to add a vitamin B complex as well after getting FT3 tested and antibodies tested

Remember if taking vitamin B complex, or any supplements containing biotin, remember to stop these 3-5 days before any blood tests, as biotin can falsely affect test results

endo.confex.com/endo/2016en...

endocrinenews.endocrine.org...

[hellybaybee in reply to SlowDragon]

Good to know, thanks 😊

[janeroar in reply to hellybaybee]

It’s lovely you are helping your mum hellybaybee. That and the good advice here will hopefully get her on the right track. Good luck.

[hellybaybee in reply to janeroar]

Thanks, that’s very kind