THYROID BLOOD TEST

[ninja1]

Friends blood tests.

TSH 2.71 0.27 - 4.2

T4 18.3 12-22

T3 5.56 3.1 - 6.8

B12 deficient on injections

Feels like his heart is stopping about 20 times a day.

Do these tests look ok

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

ninja1

Does your friend have a diagnosed thyroid condition and on any thyroid meds?

As he's B12 deficient and on injections, has he tested other nutrients to see if there are any other deficiencies or low levels? And does he also take a B complex to balance all the B vitamins?

Does he have any other medical conditions and on any other medication?

[ninja1 in reply to SeasideSusie]

gp said his thyroid levels were normal. He only had the TSH done so I encouraged him to have the private tests done. I will tell him to check his cofactors for B12. Thanks for your response

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to ninja1]

ninja1

A normal healthy person would usually have a TSH of no more than 2-ish so that is a tad high, but who knows what our "normal" is when we're never tested for a baseline!

His FT4 and FT3 are good at 63% and 66.49% through their respective ranges, andhis T4 to T3 conversion is excellent.

Did he only have the basic TSH/FT4/FT3 test, not antibodies or vitamins?

[ninja1 in reply to SeasideSusie]

yes

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to ninja1]

So just the basic thyroid test is telling us that he is euthyroid with good hormone levels excellent conversion.

Has he spoken to his doctor about how his heart feels? Maybe he needs investigation, starting with an ECG at the surgery?

Does he suffer with anxiety and the current situation isn't helping?

[ninja1 in reply to SeasideSusie]

I will tell him thanks

[SlowDragon Administrator]

For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested. Also EXTREMELY important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Low vitamin levels are extremely common, especially if you have autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto's) diagnosed by raised Thyroid antibodies

Ask GP to test vitamin D, folate and ferritin levels

You may need to get full Thyroid testing privately as NHS refuses to test TG antibodies if TPO antibodies are negative

Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and before eating or drinking anything other than water .

This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip, best not mentioned to GP or phlebotomist)

[ninja1 in reply to SlowDragon]

thank you