My daughters blood test results

[Elenicy]

Hello, please can you help with my daughter’s blood test results. She is 20 years old.

[JumpJiving]

From a thyroid point-of-view, that looks pretty good to me given the specified ranges.

Your daughter might want to increase her vitamin D and B12 levels slightly though.

[Elenicy in reply to JumpJiving]

What about the antibodies. I think the results are high

[JumpJiving in reply to Elenicy]

I'm not sure where you are - the ranges specified are different to those that are used where I am. However, the numbers even for the antibodies are "within range" for both what is shown on your daughters results and would also be within range for where I am. Lower is better, but unless your daughter has reason to think that she might have an auto-immune condition, I would not be too concerned. Is there any reason to think that she might have such a condition?

[Elenicy in reply to JumpJiving]

Yes, she has some cysts around thyroid gland. This test had be done at Cyprus

[JumpJiving in reply to Elenicy]

Ok, in that case hopefully one of the admins etc will respond, as they will have more knowledge about that than me.

[Elenicy in reply to JumpJiving]

Thank you for your kind response. Actually I'm worrying about her because she will travel on Monday for her university and I hope she manage to see a doctor before she leaves from her home.

[ling in reply to Elenicy]

Is she experiencing any symptoms?

[Elenicy in reply to ling]

She put a lot of weight lately without eating much.

[ling in reply to Elenicy]

Cyprus as in she was abroad?

She had a scan of her thyroid?

[Elenicy in reply to ling]

She had scan last year. Her home is at Cyprus where she is now. University is at Crete.

[ling in reply to Elenicy]

When she was abroad?

[Elenicy in reply to ling]

She is abroad only for her studies. She is going back to Crete on Monday.

[ling in reply to Elenicy]

Was wondering if it was an emergency that necessitated her getting the scan done while abroad.

She has a goitre?

What was the reason she had to get the scan done?

[Elenicy in reply to ling]

Yes, she had a goitre that was the reason for the scan.

[ling in reply to Elenicy]

It is said on this forum, that for some special cases where antibodies are normal but there are symptoms, Hashimoto's can be diagnosed via ultrasound. Have your daughter check this out.

[Elenicy in reply to ling]

Not yet. I pushed her on this and she is trying for having a scan appointment before she leaves.

Thank you Ling for your concern

[ling in reply to Elenicy]

You are most welcome : )

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Can she get folate and ferritin tested too

Her B12 and vitamin D are on low side

Greek Healthcare seems better than in UK

Marz may be able to advise on getting ultrasound scan of thyroid in Greece

Generally it seems much easier and much cheaper to get blood tests

At the moment she doesn't have high thyroid antibodies

But one in five Hashimoto's patients never have raised antibodies

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

[Elenicy in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you SlowDragon!