Help with results please

[curlymom]

Hi there ,I’ve been trying to help my brother figure out what’s going on with him and his symptoms match mine and have done for years but his most recent bloods show ok thyroid numbers (no chance of getting T3) but here are a few others ,I’m wondering if anyone can have a look and see if anything stands out ? He has been through so much testing trying to Figure out the exhaustion and everything else to goes with it as a 47 year old trying to work with 3 young children too and just feeling wiped for years and years

Tsh 1.43(0.5- 4.4)

FT4 14.3 (11.5 -22.7)

Folate 18 (3-14)

B12 621.0(200-1100)

Testosterone 10.5( 8.6-29.0)

ALT(GPT)- 80(10-55)

Cholesterol 5.5 (3.5-5.2)

VitD (25-OH) -70 ( 50- 125)

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Low testosterone suggests possible hypothyroidism

thyroidpharmacist.com/artic...

High cholesterol suggest possible hypothyroidism

nhs.uk/conditions/statins/c...

Has he ever had ultrasound scan of thyroid

Suggest getting FULL Thyroid testing including ft3 and BOTH TPO and TG thyroid antibodies

[curlymom in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks a million .

Would you be happy with his b12,vit D and folate ?

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to curlymom]

What vitamin supplements is he taking?

If taking any supplements that contain biotin it’s important to stop a week before ANY Blood Tests as biotin can falsely affect test results

Vitamin D might be better at least around 80nmol and around 100nmol maybe better

No ferritin result?

[SlowDragon Administrator]

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These results show very low Ft4 and Ft3

As you have Hashimoto’s obviously makes it more likely he may have too

20% of Hashimoto's patients never have raised antibodies

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Paul Robson on atrophied thyroid - especially if no TPO antibodies

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Has he ever tried strictly gluten free diet?

[endomad]

ALT(GPT)- 80(10-55)

Is this his liver test? That is high and suggests non alcoholic fatty liver NAFL that needs sorting asap. Your liver is a huge organ and uses a lot of our energy, if this is his liver ALT result he wont be converting t3 efficiently as a lot of that is done in the liver. If he is a drinker now is the time to knock that right down before it gets worse.

The only reason i know a tiny bit about ALT is i had a sudden massive spike, i am usually around 12 but it went up to 127!!! my dr nearly choked. I do not drink alcohol so knew it wasnt that. I did a lot of research and a huge light went on for me, I use a good 3-4 tspns of cinnamon a day, i was using a new large bag and thought it was slightly wrong colour to my usual ceylon cinnamon, i was right i had been sold the indian version which is very toxic to your liver. The cinnamon you get in supermarkets is the cheap stuff and has metals in, if you like cinnamon it must be pure ceylon/sri lankan cinnamon. I had follow up liver test 3 months later and it was back to normal. I am surprised his dr has jumped on that test result. x

[Heloise]

Hi curlymom, I just looked up the ALT test which is high. I don't know if it is so high to present symptoms but it may. It's a liver enzyme.

"Your body uses ALT to break down food into energy. Normally, ALT levels in the blood are low. If your liver is damaged, it will release more ALT into your blood and levels will rise. (ALT used to be called serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, or SGPT). WebMD

It suggests looking at any medication or supplements or alcohol causing the rise in ALT.