Help with blood results

[Kisca]

Hello everyone 😊

Recently had bloods done by doctors....I was wondering if I could have some feedback please.....very grateful for your help.

Doctor said bloods are normal 🤔

I have hashimotos..... confirmed on last post last year xx

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Just testing TSH is completely inadequate

TSH is too high for someone on levothyroxine

How much levothyroxine are you currently taking?

cheapest option for just TSH, FT4 and FT3

£29 (via NHS private service ) and 10% off if go on thyroid uk for code

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

monitormyhealth.org.uk/thyr...

High cholesterol is linked to being under medicated and hypothyroid

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

If you have an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism), treatment may be delayed until this problem is treated. This is because having an underactive thyroid can lead to an increased cholesterol level, and treating hypothyroidism may cause your cholesterol level to decrease, without the need for statins. Statins are also more likely to cause muscle damage in people with an underactive thyroid.

[Kisca in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you for your message slow dragon.

I'm not on any medication.

I feel really irritable at the moment 😩

Do my b12 levels look ok 🤔

Last year my active b12 was 43 xx

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Kisca]

B12 and vitamin D good

Folate ok

Ferritin could be better

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

List of iron rich foods

dailyiron.net

Links about iron and ferritin

irondisorders.org/Websites/...

drhedberg.com/ferritin-hypo...

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.

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Thyroid disease is as much about optimising vitamins as thyroid hormones

Presumably you are gluten free?

Recommend getting TSH, Ft4 and Ft3 tested ....always as early as possible in morning before eating or drinking anything other than water