Medichecks Results

[notts_girl]

Hi everyone,

I have recently received my Medichecks results for the advanced thyroid function blood tests.

I’m hoping you can help me to understand what my results mean really.

By the time I had my blood test it was about 9:50am. I also did not have breakfast and was drinking water.

CRP HS 3.7mg/L (< 3)

FERRITIN 117ug/L (30 - 150)

FOLATE - SERUM 5.1nmol/L (8.83 - 60.8)

VITAMIN B12 - ACTIVE  72pmol/L (37.5 - 188)

VITAMIN D 51nmol/L (50 - 250)

TSH 4.75mIU/L (0.27 - 4.2)

FREE T3 5pmol/L (3.1 - 6.8)

FREE THYROXINE 14.2pmol/L (12 - 22)

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODIES 16.7kIU/L (0 - 115)

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODIES 33.5kIU/L (0 - 34)

I am not on any replacement medication.

[PurpleNails Administrator]

can you edit to show clearly the result & range

FERRITIN 30 - 150 R117ug/L

Best shown like this

FERRITIN 117ug/L (30 - 117)

Some of the numbers are also squashed together.

FREE T 33.1 - 6.8 R5pmol/L - typo?

Do you currently take replacement? Is so what dose & how long before test.

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

notts_girl

To be able to interpret your results, we need to know

1) Are you diagnosed with hypothyroidism

2) If so what dose of Levo are you on

3) When did you take your last dose of Levo before the test

4) Do you take any supplements

5) If you take B Complex or biotin in any supplement did you leave this off for 3-7 days before the test

I will assume no diagnosis, not on any Levo and no supplements, correct me if I am wrong and I will alter my comments.

CRP HS < 3 R3.7mg/L

Your CRP is over range at 3.7, this suggests that you have some inflammation. However, CRP is a non-specific inflammation marker and can't tell you where the inflammation is.

FERRITIN 30 - 150 R117ug/L

Your ferritin level of 117 will be a false high. This is because ferritin rises with inflammation and your CRP tells us there is inflammation. We can't tell what your natural ferritin level is I'm afraid but it will be lower than this.

FOLATE - SERUM 8.83 - 60.8 R5.1nmol/L

Your folate level of 5.1 indicates folate deficiency according to NICE, you should see your GP about this who should prescribe folic acid:

cks.nice.org.uk/anaemia-b12...

Folate level

◦Serum folate of less than 7 nanomol/L (3 micrograms/L) is used as a guide to indicate folate deficiency.

VITAMIN B12 - ACTIVE 37.5 - 188 R72pmol/L

Your Active B12 is rather low, below 70 suggests possible B12 deficiency, we recommend 100 plus.

You could supplement with sublingual methycobalamin B12, along with a good quality bioavailable B Complex to balance all the B vitamins. Once your level reaches 100 you can drop the sublingual B12 and just continue with the B Complex.

VITAMIN D 50 - 250 R51nmol/L

Your Vit D level of 51 is low. You might want to check out a recent post that I wrote about Vit D and supplementing:

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

and you can check out the link to how to work out the dose you need to increase your current level to the recommended level.

Your current level of 51nmol/L = 20.4ng/ml

On the Vit D Council's website

web.archive.org/web/2019070...

you would scroll down to the 3rd table

My level is between20-30 ng/ml

The Vit D Council, the Vit D Society and Grassroots Health all recommend a level of 100-150nmol/L (40-60ng/ml), with a recent blog post on Grassroots Health mentioning a study which recommends over 125nmol/L (50ng/ml).

So now you look at how much is needed to reach 50ng/ml and you'll see that they suggest 3,700iu per day.

Bearing in mind that your only 20.4 you could also look at the 2nd table for current level between 10-20ng/ml and you'll see that one suggests 4,900iu D3 daily.

You should be perfectly OK to supplement with 5,000iu D3 daily.

Retest after 3 months.

Make sure you also take D3's important cofactors magnesium and Vit K2-MK7 which are mentioned in my post linked to.

TSH 0.27 - 4.2 R4.75mIU/L

TSH of 4.75 is over range and tells us your thyroid is struggling.

FREE T 33.1 - 6.8 R5pmol/L

FT3 of 5 is showing us that your body is trying to put out as much T3 as possible despite your struggling thyroid. T3 is the life giving hormone that every cell in our bodies need, this will be the last hormone level to fall.

FREE THYROXINE 12 - 22 R14.2pmol/L

FT4 of 14.2 is low, only 22% through range, along with over range TSH confirms your thyroid is struggling.

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODIES 0 - 115 R16.7kIU/L

Tg antibodies 16.7, low in range.

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODIES 0 - 34 R33.5kIU/L

TPO antibodies 33.5, almost at the top of it's range. Antibodies fluctuate, yours is so high in range I think it's inevitable that another test could show over range and would confirm autoimmune thyroid disease, aka Hashimoto's which is where the immune system attacks and gradually destroys the thyroid resulting in hypothyroidism.

Two over range TSH results along with over range antibodies would give you a diagnosis of Hashimoto's and your GP should then prescribe Levo.

I would work on optimising your nutrients and retest everything in 3 months.

[notts_girl in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thank you for replying.

I am not taking any supplements or have had a diagnosis. The only medication I take is Sertraline and Propranolol. I will start looking in to taking the above supplements though.

I’ve looked up Hashimoto’s and I feel like I am currently experiencing a majority of symptoms described.

Would you recommend I inform my dr about these results? Do these results mean I do not need to be prescribed Levo? I’m assuming drs normally need 2 blood tests to come back with similar readings before prescribing?

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to notts_girl]

You could givs your GP a copy of these results and ask they be put with your record, but as I said above you'll need two over range TSH results with over ramge antibodies for a diagnosis.

You need to speak to your GP about folate deficiency.