Need help with thyroid results please :)

[JPM90]

Hi everyone

I ordered a thryoid test after having symptoms of fatigue, muscle pains and a pressure feeling on my neck for the last month. Im a 28 year old male with mother and aunts who all had thyroid problems. My results are:

TSH: 4.41 (0.27 - 4.2)

FT3 : 5.02 (3.1 - 6.8)

FT4: 16.8 (12 - 22)

Thyroglobulin Antibodies: 1772 (0 - 115)

Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies: <9 (<34)

The number which really worries me is the 1772 which is extremely out of range.

Any help is much appreciated.

[shaws Administrator]

Welcome to our forum Psphome30 and I'm sorry that you, too, have hypothyroidism.

We do have male members as well, although females are the larger numbers.

You have a condition called Hashimoto's which is the commonest form of hypothyroidism and it is also within your family too and it is also called Autoimmune Thyroid Disease (hashi's for short) - the commonest form of hypothyroidism. Don't worry too much about the numbe of antibodies as many have far higher numbers.

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_...

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/about_...

It is the antibodies that attack the thyroid gland and they wax and wane, sometimes too much etc. To help reduce the antibodies going gluten-free can help.

Some hints:

All blood tests have to be at the very earliest, fasting (you can drink water) and allow a gap of 24 hours between last dose of levothyroxine and the test and take afterwards. This helps keep the TSH at its highest (it drops throughout the day) and may prevent doctor adjusting your dose. They seem to take more notice of the TSH alone than FT4 and FT3.

Make sure B12, Vit D, iron, ferritin and folate are optimal.

Levothyroxine should be taken on an empty stomach with one full glass of water and wait an hour before eating. Food/coffee interferes with the uptake of hormones.

Always get a print-out of your results with the ranges for your own records.

[TonyFl]

Hi Psphome30,

I'm going through a very similar sequence of events as you, I'm a 45 yr old male, no family history though of thyroid problems. I first went to a rheumatologist given my muscle and joint pains since Christmas (and muscle twitching all over), the bloodwork for arthritis all came back good but my thyroglobulin antibodies were high (yet same as you the peroxidase antibodies were low), plus my Vit D was low. The rheumatologist said it's likely hashimoto's and that it explains all my symptoms and that I should see an endocrinologist. That appointment is next Friday.

In some ways it was a relief to understand what issue I may have and being able to focus on addressing it, yet I'm holding off on full diagnosis until the endo gives her opinion next week.