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So a been to doctoers and got my blood results am not sure what am looking at or if it good or bad.

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Well, the over-range thyroid stimulating antibodies do confirm Grave's. So, that was what you needed to know. :)

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Ok thank you the doctor told me this morning olny a small amount of people overactive thyroid turn out to me graves there the smallest on chance but when i have looked it up say one on the main reasons for overactive thyroid

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Well, I don't suppose he really knows about the statistics, because half the time they never even do the Grave's testing! They just assume.

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Hi sorry for late reply i have been unwell yes my doctor suggestion graves. Can i ask if you have graves? Does it get better been feeling ill for so long

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greygoose in reply toPeppyPo

No, I don't, I have Hashi's.

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Peppypo, to explain a few other numbers, a standard thyroid panel is TSH, freeT4 and freeT3. You have got all those on your printout.

TSH means thyroid stimulating hormone. This is a chemical messenger your body makes to stimulate the thyroid to make more hormone. In a healthy person this would be between about 0.8-2. If we have too much hormone it goes low, because the body doesn't want anymore made. If we have too little hormone it will be high.

FreeT4 and freeT3 show how much thyroid hormone we have available in the blood. The ranges for these are a normal curve. Most healthy people will have numbers close to the middle of the range, and the farther out we are the more likely it is there is a thyroid problem. You can see that both of yours are far above the top of the range, so your thyroid is still making far too much hormone.

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PeppyPo in reply toSilverAvocado

Thank you very much for explaining and takeing the time to comment xx

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Suggest you look at Elaine Moore website for Graves patients

Also Amy Myers website - she had Graves

Many Graves (and Hashimoto's) patients have low vitamin levels

Ask GP to test folate, B12 and vitamin D

Also strictly gluten free diet helps many

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