High TSH and Normal FT4

[TimD250172]

Hi,

My 23 year old son has various food intolerances and recently went for some tests.

The results show he isn’t Gluten intolerant but they did show his TSH at 10.

His T4 however is 18.4 with a range up to 22.

Is it possible that his body is compensating for low T3 by upping his TSH and subsequently raising his T4 ?

The GP didn’t request a full Thyroid check but I doubt they’d have done T3 even if they had.

Should I ask him to request Vit and Mineral bloods to be done as well ?

Thanks in advance for any feedback, much appreciated as always.

[greygoose]

A blood test won't show if he's gluten-intolerant. I imagine the blood test was for Coeliac? It is notoriously unreliable. But, even so, it won't show if he's gluten-intolerant. He still could be. So, the best way to know is to remove gluten from his diet, and see if he feels any better. If not, after a few months, then reintroduce gluten, and see if he feels any worse.

[TimD250172 in reply to greygoose]

Hi greygoose, thanks for the reply. Yes the blood test did say Coeliac unlikely rather than definitely, as you say, it must be unreliable if they put that.

I’ll ask him to try cutting out Gluten and see where that goes. At the moment he is restricted on days out to keeping near a toilet )-: sorry about the too much info.

[greygoose in reply to TimD250172]

No problem.

[TimD250172]

Thanks, think mine must have done the same as I was feeling fine with a TSH or >100 /-: