Blood Test results

[barawood]

Can anyone help with next step below are blood tests I had to get done privately as gp refused

Total thyroxine T4 113 range (59-154)

Thyroid stimulating hormone 0.02 range (0.27-4.2)

Free thyroxine 17.5 range (12.00-22.00)

Free T3. 5.00 range (3.1-6.8)

Thyroglobulin antibody 371 range (0-115)

Thyroid peroxidase antibodies 460 range (0-34)

I asked my doctor to refer me to Endo but refused I insisted so he send a referral and in the referral he said he was only doing it to appease me the Endo wrote back refusing to see me I am having another private blood test tomorrow to check b vitamin and d

[Judithdalston]

So you are not on any thyroid 'meds'? The two raised thyroid autoimmune antibodies show you have Hashimoto's disease, where antibodies attack the thyroid gland mistakenly believing it to be 'alien'... dead thyroid cells, along with their hormones, are dumped into the blood stream intermittently creating peaks of thyroid hormone. Your blood tests can look like you are swopping between hypo- and hyper- thyroidism, which confuses doctors. Eventually the thyroid gland is compromised enough to make you permanently hypothyroid and you'll need thyroid 'meds' for life. Your bloods indicate your TSH is very low...so perhaps it is not primary hypothyroidism....another member might comment on this. Doctors tend to ignore Hashi results as they cannot treat it, but you could try controlling your Hashimoto's antibodies by trying a gluten free diet; characteristic of Hashimoto's is poor gut absorption resulting in poor nutrients from food, drink and supplements- worth getting folate and ferritin as well as VitD, and B12 tested as these 4 need to be optimum for good thyroid health/ conversion T4 to T3.

[barawood in reply to Judithdalston]

IAM on 125 of thyroxine

[Judithdalston in reply to barawood]

Oh ok, so if on levo 125 mcg already, then you are not too bad...how do you feel? You could try increasing your T4 by say 12.5 to 25 mcg to raise you FT3 a little if you have hypo symptoms, but as I said earlier you might be in a peak due to Hashi at the moment. Get your 4 Vit/ mins tested - might be best step. You are converting T4 to T3 well.

[barawood in reply to Judithdalston]

Very tired still and lumping on weight will see what new blood tests say they are doing them all I think tests 11 different things

Thank you for your advice

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Great pity you didn't get vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 tested

Your high antibodies confirm you have Hashimoto's

Low vitamins are extremely common with Hashimoto's, as is gluten intolerance if vitamins are very low

Your FT3 looks pretty good

Would suspect low vitamins

Ask GP to test these or if they remain unhelpful then more private testing recommended

[barawood in reply to SlowDragon]

I have redone the blood tests through blue horizon this morning before taking my thyroxine they test eleven elements so we shall see will post when I get them

[barawood in reply to barawood]

New blood tests

hs-crp 0.58 (0-5)

Ferritin 71.2 (13-150)

Vit D 46 (25-50 insufficient)

Vit B12 221 (145-250 insufficient)

Foliate 9.45 (8.83-60.8)

Tsh 0.87 (0.27-4.20)

T4 114 (66-181)

T4 free 16.30 (12-22)

T3 Free 3.14 (3.1-6.8)

Thyroid peroxidase 335 (0-34)

Thyroglobulin 285 (0-115)

Any advice just started on vit b complex and vit d