Advice on results please

[Helsbells38]

Hiya. So I presented to gp last week feeling awful. I have a hiatus hernia & IBS. I take ranitidine for hernia. Im gluten free due to ibs. Not coceliac. My hair in past 5 months has been falling out and my heels have deep cracks. Perm brain fog. I'm 6 years post natal. Blood work ordered.

T4 14

Tsh 2.6

All other tests "normal". Told above in norm range. Previous tsh was 5.4.

Feeling totally rubbish and fed up. My feet kill from splits and aching arches.

Know my doc isn't going to help. Feel stuck. Just feel my hormones totally out of kilter. Can't lose weight.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Ranitidine is an H2 histamine receptor antagonist - not a PPI.

[Angel_of_the_North]

Although ranitidine is not a PPI it will stop you absorbing vitamins and minerals by reducing stomach acid (which is what it is for) I believe that there are alternative treatments for hiatus hernia which involve creating a raft of "stuff" that floats on top of the stomach contents and prevents it from exiting at the top end where your hernia is. Bit no doubt not available from the NHS.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Thanks for adding that, Angel, I meant to get back to add to my rather short response earlier...