Wondering if anyone can help! I thought I had an underactive thyroid (basically have all the symptoms) doctors ran a full blood test (taken late afternoon) but only tested TSH which came back at 2.55 which they said was in range so no issues and dismissed me.
I wasn’t feeling confident so did a private test with Medichecks (took first thing in the morning) and this is my result. I’ve done an econsult to show my doctor but worried they are going to dismiss me again! What can I do/say to get them to help me ?!
The tests also showed my b12 was on the low side iron could be better and deficient in vitamin D !
Thanks in advance !
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Thank you for all this! I’ve done an econsult with a doctor and should hopefully get a call back tomorrow to discuss these results after they said their result came back fine and I was fine
Ferritin is low, but not low enough for GP to consider testing for anaemia
What’s your diet like, are you vegetarian or vegan
Heavy periods are common sign of being hypothyroid and will tend to lead to low iron and ferritin ask for full iron panel testing for Anaemia
Look at increasing iron rich foods in diet
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.
Thyroid disease is as much about optimising vitamins as thyroid hormones
Not vegetarian or vegan and a good healthy diet! Currently following a low/no carb high protein diet with lots of veggies. My periods are awful and have always been bad ! Was diagnosed with Endometriosis after the birth of my daughter 3 years ago. X
So your test shows you have high antibodies this is Hashimoto's, (also known by medics here in UK more commonly as autoimmune thyroid disease).
Hashimoto's frequently affects the gut and leads to low stomach acid and then low vitamin levels
Low vitamin levels affect Thyroid hormone working
So getting vitamins optimal by supplementing is first step
Poor gut function with Hashimoto’s can lead leaky gut (literally holes in gut wall) this can cause food intolerances. Most common by far is gluten. Dairy is second most common.
According to Izabella Wentz the Thyroid Pharmacist approx 5% with Hashimoto's are coeliac, but over 80% find gluten free diet helps, sometimes significantly. Either due to direct gluten intolerance (no test available) or due to leaky gut and gluten causing molecular mimicry (see Amy Myers link)
Changing to a strictly gluten free diet may help reduce symptoms, help gut heal and slowly lower TPO antibodies
While still eating high gluten diet ask GP for coeliac blood test first or buy test online for under £20, just to rule it out first
The predominance of Hashimoto thyroiditis represents an interesting finding, since it has been indirectly confirmed by an Italian study, showing that autoimmune thyroid disease is a risk factor for the evolution towards NCGS in a group of patients with minimal duodenal inflammation. On these bases, an autoimmune stigma in NCGS is strongly supported
In summary, whereas it is not yet clear whether a gluten free diet can prevent autoimmune diseases, it is worth mentioning that HT patients with or without CD benefit from a diet low in gluten as far as the progression and the potential disease complications are concerned
Despite the fact that 5-10% of patients have Celiac disease, in my experience and in the experience of many other physicians, at least 80% + of patients with Hashimoto's who go gluten-free notice a reduction in their symptoms almost immediately.
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