Young boy's blood results help required please

[bajmon]

Hi all, I hope you can share light on those blood results of a 12y old boy with symptoms of SOB, sweating, nervousness. He also has got a lot of gray hair suddenly!It's friend's fun who's not doing well recently. Unfortunately he was only given TSH and T4 to test as per usual in this country and tests were done at 2:40pm

His mum is not familiar with thyroid issues so had no idea what to look for and as we know, GPs cannot be trusted with the right tests.

TSH 2.06 (0.35-5.5)

T4 15.1 (10.5-21)

I suggested Medicheck tests which mum will arrange for him after trip abroad.

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

bajmom

Medichecks wont test a 12 year old. Blue Horizon is the only company who will test under 18s. Tell mum to go for the Thyroid Premium Gold which tests the full thyroid panel including antibodies plus all key vitamins.

[bajmon in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thank you. I'll pass this. What do you think about the results and symptoms?

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to bajmon]

Those results don't particularly suggest underactive thyroid, and certainly don't suggest overactive thyroid, but they're not the whole picture, which is why I've suggested the full thyroid/vitamin panel as a starting point. Once we've seen those it might enable us to comment further.

[bajmon in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thank you. I've already told the mum that we can expect only those two years will be five which is always the case. It's beyond me how GPS can ignore those symptoms and funny run a full panel plus other tests for a bit with sudden gray hair and other symptoms. I've given the mum the list of years required and she'll be arranging BH tests . thank you

[Sneedle in reply to bajmon]

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[bajmon in reply to Sneedle]

Thank you. I didn't have it 🌼

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Grey hair……possibly low B12

Sweating also B12 deficiency

Is he vegetarian or vegan

Low B12 symptoms

b12deficiency.info/signs-an...

methyl-life.com/blogs/defic...

[bajmon in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you. I adjust told the mum to supplement him with B12 for now until they are back from holidays and she can get detailed tests . Thank you for that tip and link 👍

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to bajmon]

I wouldn't suggest taking B12 or anything at the moment. If he has a B12 problem starting B12 supplements now will skew results and potentially a diagnosis could be missed. Best to leave things as they are.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to bajmon]

Definitely do NOT take any supplements that contain any B vitamins especially B12

Get tested first

[bajmon in reply to SlowDragon]

Already passed on the message. Thank you

[bookish]

Hi, I would agree with SlowDragon, could well be a B12 deficiency (or folate/B9 - something affecting the one-carbon or folates cycle) but supplementing either could make diagnosing a difficult to diagnose condition even trickier, so please don't. No Bs at all until serum B12, serum folate, active B12, homocysteine, MMA, anti-Intrinsic Factor antibodies, anti-Gastric Parietal Cell antibodies have been tested if at all possible. There are tests which can rule in a deficiency but *no tests can rule one out* so don't let them convince your friend otherwise. It may be a congenital deficiency or a functional one, or dietary of course. What does he eat? Best wishes.