Vitamin Level Blood Tes Results Help! GP advised Normal

[U02ejp6]

Hi

My blood was tested last Wednesday at 10:45am- I hadn’t started thyroxine yet. My results are below

Vitamin B 12 503 range 180- 2000 ng/ L

Serum Folate 15.5 range 2.8- 20 ug/L

Ferritin 92 range 15- 200 ug/L

25OH Vit D imm’assay 73 range 25- 162 nmol/L

My TSH was also tested but that only... it was 3.2 range 0.2- 4.5 mU/L. Seems like they did a full blood count too...

Your help would be much appreciated!!

[Nanaedake]

For fuller thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4, FT3 and TPO (Thyroid peroxidase antibodies) and TgAb (Thyroglobulin antibodies) unless you've already had the antibodies tested. Other results not too bad although vitamin D could be higher (toward mid-range) but we're at the end of the winter so it might be expected to rise naturally if you get enough sun over the summer months.

[U02ejp6 in reply to Nanaedake]

I’ve had those tested. I had high tgAb antibodies, elevated TSH and low t3. I had these tested next as advised on here.

[Nanaedake in reply to U02ejp6]

What was your TSH last time? Are you taking supplements?

[U02ejp6 in reply to Nanaedake]

ENDOCRINOLOGYThyroid Function

THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE *8.23 mIU/L 0.27 - 4.20

FREE THYROXINE *11.7 pmol/L 12.00 - 22.00

TOTAL THYROXINE(T4) 75.4 nmol/L 59.00 - 154.00

FREE T3 4.06 pmol/L 3.10 - 6.80

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY *220.000 IU/mL 0.00 - 115.00

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODIES 10

Calcium & magnesium- I am BF and my daughter is allergic to cows milk.

[U02ejp6 in reply to U02ejp6]

Blood was taken at 9:15 for the abvove

[Nanaedake in reply to U02ejp6]

How much have you read about Hashimotos thyroiditis known as autoimmune thyroid disease by doctors? There is good information on the Thyroid UK website. It looks like your TSH is fluctuating due to autoimmune activity.

[U02ejp6 in reply to Nanaedake]

I’ve read about it on the thyroid U.K. website but not entirely sure the consequences of it? I take it it will never go away? Am I prone to other autoimmune disorders?

When I came off the contraceptive pill in 2015, my cycles became 35-40 days long. I am now on 100mg of thyroxine.

[Nanaedake in reply to U02ejp6]

From what I've read here and elsewhere, my understanding is that your thyroid condition will not go away as the autoimmune process slowly destroys the thyroid. However, once the thyroid is completely destroyed then the antibodies should disappear as there is nothing left for them to attack.

I don't know if people are more prone to other autoimmune disorders but it makes sense to reduce things that might make antibodies more active. Many people on this forum have found going gluten free has helped them. Gut health is also important as a large percentage of our immune system is activated in our gut so probiotics such as yoghurt and kefir might help.

[Gambit62]

if you are on thyroxine then my understanding is that you may be undermedicated as people on thyroxine tend to need levels towards the low end of the scale. - below 2.

Your other vitamins and minerals look okay - though serum B12 isn't a gold standard test - keep out for levels falling over time though.

There is a high cross over between hashimotos and PA - an auto-immune condition in which your body attacks the mechanism that allows you to absorb B12 and this can also affect other vitamins and minerals. There are other ways in which hashis can lead to absorption problems but the above don't indicate that this has happened (yet) in your case. The first thing to show up as problematic is iron.

[U02ejp6 in reply to Gambit62]

Thank you. I hadn’t started on thyroxine when my TSH was tested.

[U02ejp6 in reply to Gambit62]

Thanks. I hadn’t started on thyroxine when my TSH was tested. How often should vitamin & minerals be tested?

[Gambit62 in reply to U02ejp6]

you obviously have hashimotos from the antibody test results.

sorry had misread the original post. There are different schools of thought on treating when TSH is in range - some think it should be left until TSH starts creeping up to around 10 - the other that you should start treating before TSH starts to creep up.

[janisjlo123]

I am so sorry I have no clue on levels, that’s why I went to a functional doctor that did a blood anayalis, hair screening, body scan and had me check my temperature every morning. My tests came back hypothyroid , low iron,ferritin levels, low in D vit. Other doctors said I was fine in the normal ranges with blood levels ,even my specialists said the same thing. I am now on tons of vitamins, supplements and Nature Thyroid instead of Lenox. I hope this helped somewhat. Where do you live?

[U02ejp6 in reply to janisjlo123]

Ah ok. I live in Edinburgh

[janisjlo123]

I’m taking vit. B12 and B complex

[janisjlo123]

My Vit. B dosage is 1000 for both