Blood test results update with high antibodies

[Wilburlily]

Hi, following advice from this forum I got my blood tested with Medichecks, bloods were taken at 8.30am. Would anybody be able to shed some light on my updated results and what they mean for my thyroid ? What could high antibodies mean and what are the causes ? Can high antibodies cause an increase in prolactin levels ?

Thankyou for any help/advice in advance.

CRP HS 1.35mg/L range 0-3

Ferritin 35ug/L range 30-150

Folate 5.8 nmol range 8.83-60.8

B12 90 pmol/L range 37.5-188

Vitamin D 58 nmol/L range 50-250

TSH 4.91mIU/L range 0.27-4.2

Free T3 4.3 pmol/L range 3.1-6.8

Free Thyroxine 12.8 pmol/L range 12-26

Thyroglobulin Antibodies 16.7 kIU/L range 0 -115

Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies 72.4 kIU/L range 0-35

[Jaydee1507 Administrator]

TPO antibodies mean you have Hashimoto's disease, an autoimmune thyroid condition.

I read some of your old posts and you did start treatment. Did that not continue?

It would help you so much to address the low vitamin levels you have. Both to tolerate the thyroid hormone and to be able to use it properly.

Your folate, ferritin, D3 and B12 are all below 50% of the range, in fact you should be prescribed folate by your GP as it's below range.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Over 90% of primary hypothyroidism is caused by autoimmune thyroid disease also called Hashimoto’s diagnosed by high thyroid antibodies

High prolactin and Hashimoto’s often linked

Which brand of levothyroxine was 25mcg levothyroxine

Many people find different brands are not interchangeable and Teva brand levothyroxine upsets many people

Standard starter dose of levothyroxine is 50mcg

25mcg often increases symptoms because levothyroxine doesn’t top up failing thyroid, it replaces it. So important to start on high enough dose

Vitamin D is insufficient

Folate deficient

Ferritin virtually deficient

Low vitamin levels are caused by being hypothyroid

Low iron/ferritin often causes tight chest and breathlessness

Are you vegetarian or vegan?

Heavy periods?

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In all people, a serum ferritin level of less than 30 micrograms/L confirms the diagnosis of iron deficiency

Also See page 7 on here 

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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

List of iron rich foods

dailyiron.net

Links about iron and ferritin

An article that explains why Low ferritin and low thyroid levels are often linked 

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Great in-depth article on low ferritin 

oatext.com/iron-deficiency-...

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.

Thyroid disease is as much about optimising vitamins as thyroid hormones

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

restartmed.com/hypothyroidi...

Post discussing just how long it can take to raise low ferritin 

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GP needs to do full iron panel test for anaemia

Never supplement iron without doing full iron panel test for anaemia first and retest 3-4 times a year if self supplementing. It’s possible to have low ferritin but high iron 

Medichecks iron panel test 

medichecks.com/products/iro...

Iron and thyroid link

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Excellent article on iron and thyroid 

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Posts discussing why important to do full iron panel test

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Chicken livers if iron is good, but ferritin low

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Heme iron v non heme

hsph.harvard.edu/nutritions...

Ferritin over 100 to alleviate symptoms 

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