Hi guys hope you can help.
Over the last three months I have developed a rash that has gradually grown week by week on one shin before transferring to the other one to a lesser extent. I left it a while a month I guess before it got on my nerves. Visited GP who claimed it was a drug allergy to the many epilepsy meds I was taking I knew it wasn't as I hadn't changed them in two or more years. So I tried another go who said it was a bacterial infection be gave me cream did no good. Last Thursday I had enough as it was spreading and I was feeling quite pissed off and felt generally unwell so I went to hospital. To cut a long story short they had no idea what it was but my blood pressure was high and heart rate was high and blood tests seemed to be ok. So they kept me in. Finally they decided it was excema. I'm a calm man but I nearly thumped the doctor I had seen seven different doctors during my stay and not one of them could have not been able to point it was that. So I asked them to explain the high heart rate and blood pressure, they had no answer. So I decided to sign myself out.
When I got home the doctor had called about the blood test I had the previous week to say my vitamin d was low and gave me some pills. So I thought I would check my results on patient access. My TSH has fallen from 0.56 to 0.2 from Nov to Feb. Having explored this on the internet I think this is the reason for my rash. If it' is I'm shocked it hasn't been picked up earlier, and I can't understand why it is changed has I have been taking 150 mg of levoythroxone for over 18 months since radioiodine treatment. Any comments ????
A low TSH does not cause rashes. TSH itself doesn't cause any symptoms at all, or make you feel anything. It is just a messanger between the pituitary and the thyroid: Thyroid Stimulating Hormone.
Is TSH all they tested? That is totally inadequate to know thyroid status. You need the thyroid hormones tested: T4 and T3. If the T3 is too high or too low it will cause symptoms of many kinds, but not the TSH.
My free T4 and T3 are both within normal range. So why would the TSH half within three months surely it must be connected, as my TSH has never been that low since I started being medicated. My vitamin d levels are very low. Something weird is happening My cholesterol level has gone from five to six since Nov I don't understand it all
Do you have your exact number for the FT4/3: results and ranges? Just because they're in-range doesn't mean they're at the right level for you. And, the increase in cholesterol is saying that your FT3 is too low.
TSH and Frees are connected, of course, but the fact remains that the TSH does not cause symptoms whether it's high or low.
Free T4 13.7 range 9 to 19. Free T3 level 4.2 range 2.4 to 6 What's causing the change in TSH then. Something has made it shrink down to 0.2 the normal range for that is 0..4 to 4.9. As I am on levoythroxone and I have not changed doses and I was in the range I surely should still be comfortably within that range and not below that range but I don't understand how that could change in the last three months. I am very confused
Were both tests done under the same conditons and at the same time of day?
But, honestly, TSH is not something to worry about. It's a very poor indicator of thyroid status.
Free T4 13.7 (9 - 19) 47%
Free T3 4.2 (2.4 - 6) 50%
Your Frees are actually quite low for someone on thyroid hormone replacement. A lot of hypos need them quite a bit higher than that.
Can you please explaim to me how to work out percentages 🙏
Was test done as recommended
Early morning before eating or drinking anything other than water and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test
Ft4 is only 47% through range Ft3 slightly better at 50% through range
Helpful calculator for working out percentage through range
chorobytarczycy.eu/kalkulator
Suggests you are under medicated
Being under medicated will result in low vitamin levels