I had my first post blood test endo appointment yesterday. He hadn't done t3 or antibodies as I thought would be and left me with questions. I was trying to explain about conversion and hashimoto's being autoimmune and why I'm trying gluten free to my husband on the way home, as much to get my own understanding straight as anything, and I could see him glazing over.
Anyway, he gets blood test result this morning. He has his cholesterol kept an eye on as his dad died very young of a heart attack. Everything was fine, apart from....THYROID!
He's never had a problem in the past, unlike me who has had very obvious signs of hypothyroidism since puberty. His results are actually worse than mine. Bit in shock. Although I would never wish this on anyone, especially not my nearest and dearest, he's much more interested in finding out more about it now.
Posted below are his results just for reference:
Thank you for doing blood test on 8/2/21
Glucose result was normal.
Cholesterol was okay at 5.63.
PSA for anything nasty in prostate gland was normal at 0.8 (0 - 3.5).
Liver and Kidney function tests were normal.
Full Blood Count showed normal haemoglobin and white cell count.
Thyroid gland shows you may be going underactive thyroid in the future with TSH 5.54 (0.49 - 5.23) and free T4 12.1 (11 - 22) - please repeat Thyroid Function blood test in 3 months to monitor. We will post a blood form to you.
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So he needs to get FULL Thyroid and vitamin testing done
Either test privately now .......or ask GP to include thyroid antibodies, vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 at next test
Would definitely recommend getting vitamin levels tested now
For full Thyroid evaluation he needs 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 have autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto's) diagnosed by raised Thyroid antibodies
Ask GP to test vitamin levels
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)
Private tests are available as NHS currently rarely tests Ft3 or thyroid antibodies or all relevant vitamins
If TPO or TG thyroid antibodies are high this is usually due to Hashimoto’s (commonly known in UK as autoimmune thyroid disease).
About 90% of all primary hypothyroidism in Uk is due to Hashimoto’s. Low vitamin levels are particularly common with Hashimoto’s. Gluten intolerance is often a hidden issue to.
Thanks, I'm going to book him an appointment with the endocrinologist I've seen. He'll learn from my mistakes and make sure he gets the full set of tests.
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