I have my daughter's recent blood results and wanted to run them by you knowledgable people before we see her new paediatric endo next week.
She was diagnosed with M.E. 4 years ago and now on this dose of 100mcg thyroxine does seem to be a little better - she is getting restless which I'm hoping is a good sign! She however still is on her bed most of each day, and looking at her results, it seems her dose does need to be increased. She is quite tall and weighs about 60kg. She is on 210g ferrous fumarate twice daily too, and vit D, but her levels are still on the low end. She forgets everything unless I constantly remind her so cognitively she is not much better. Her appetite is poor also and she says she is just not hungry. Her hair has thinned a bit too.
Her liver function results don't look good either. Not sure what this means. She is 17yrs old. Searching on the internet it says it could be inflammation of the liver or viral hepatitis.
I'm wondering if I also now need to take her to an M.E. specialist who would prescribe anti-virals. Unless the hospital could do this next week. She did have a test for hep C but it was negative.
Please can someone explain what is going on? I am quite anxious about her, got thyroid issues myself, and on my own with all of this.
Thank you.
P.S. Couldn't send the liver results so here they are:
Bilirubin 7 (<21)
ALT 39 (10 - 35)
AST 95 (<38)
Albumin 49 (32 - 45)
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Igennus Super B is good quality and cheap vitamin B complex. Contains folate. Full dose is two tablets per day. Many/most people may only need one tablet per day. Certainly only start on one per day (or even half tablet per day for first couple of weeks)
Or Thorne Basic B or jarrow B-right are other options that contain folate, but both are large capsules
If you are taking vitamin B complex, or any supplements containing biotin, remember to stop these 7 days before any blood tests, as biotin can falsely affect test results
Never supplement iron without doing full iron panel test for anaemia first
Eating iron rich foods like liver or liver pate once a week plus other red meat, pumpkin seeds and dark chocolate, plus daily orange juice or other vitamin C rich drink can help improve iron absorption
This is interesting because I have noticed that many patients with Hashimoto’s disease and hypothyroidism, start to feel worse when their ferritin drops below 80 and usually there is hair loss when it drops below 50.
It was very low, I think 17 or sth originally, that was 5 years ago. They put her on 20,000 ius every 3 weeks, I had her take it every week or 2. I am now going to get her on a 2,000ius daily one.
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