Advice on Blood Test Results Please

[sheenah]

Good Morning

Could anyone give me advice on these blood result please?

Doc picked up TSH supressed Level - 0.1 in a range of 0.38 - 5.33 (I have to endure a phone call early next month)

Although T4 level was normal @ 13.5 in a range 7.9 - 20

and T3 normal @ 5.4 in a range of 4.00 - 6.60

As to diabetes tests, can you tell me which results to look for as there is nothing obvious?

Many Thanks in Advance!

Sheena

[Jaydee1507 Administrator]

What hormones are you taking and how much? Levo & T3?

Free T4 (fT4) 13.5 pmol/L (7.9 - 20) 46.3%

Free T3 (fT3) 5.4 pmol/L (4 - 6.6) 53.8%

Both FT4 & FT3 are a little on the low side. Many doctors go by TSH alone which doesnt work if you are taking T3 as well as Levo as likely TSH will be below range if not suppressed.

How are your vitamins looking?

What supplements do you take?

[sheenah in reply to Jaydee1507]

Thanks for your reply.

I take Thyroid-S, have been taking it for several years with no apparent problems. I have only ever taken NDT. I am 70. I joined this forum in 2013 as I was getting no help from GPs and you sorted me out, Thank God!

Folate Normal 14.9 (no Range)

Ferritin (Says Normal) 323 Range 11-307

Vit B12 617 Normal 617 Range 145.00 - 914

I was ill most of December with my annual COPD flare up and went on heavyweight antibiotics, put myself on a large B12 dose 5000 lozenges at the beginning of Jan, but after this blood test . I take large dose Vit D, K2, Turmeric, Cider apple vinegar gummies, B-complex, and now folate (but after this test)

As you say the Doc picked up on the supressed TSH, and will doubtless harang me when she phones on the 5th Feb.

Thankyou

Sheena

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With diabetes a blood test would show blood glucose. The normal range varies depending on whether it is a fasting blood test or not. However, to get a proper picture of what's going on they would need to do an HbA1c which I believe they would have to specifically request and would not be part of a routine blood test.

[sheenah in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for your reply!

Ahh! I have found it. It says

HbA1c - IFCC standardised - (URT) - Normal 32 in a range of 20.00-41.00 - so I am presuming that I do not have diabetes.....Yes?

Many Thanks

Sheena

[Beads in reply to sheenah]

HbA1c looks at the glycosylation of haemoglobin in the blood. Basically the more glucose in your blood the more haemoglobin molecules will have a glucose attached. Hb is in he red blood cells, they have a life span of approximately 3 months. So looking at the HbA1C will look at the level of glucose in your blood over the last 3 months, so smooths out the effect of having sugary cereal for breakfast before the test, or not having had dinner the night before.

32 is a great level, right in the middle of the normal range, no issues with glucose levels. You don’t have diabetes.

[sheenah in reply to Beads]

Beads

Many, many thanks for this!!

The nurse said that I had high cholesterol, but all the readings I can see say "Normal".

Thanks again

Sheena

[TiggerMe in reply to sheenah]

High cholesterol suggests you are under medicated, so absolutely don't agree to a reduction with those results 🤗

[sheenah in reply to TiggerMe]

Thanks for that.

I don't think I do have high cholesterol

Serum non HDL - Normal - 3 - (no range)

Serum cholesterol/HDL ration (URT) Normal 2.8 (no Range)

Serum HDL Cholesterol level 1.7 (no range)

Serum LDL Cholesterol level 2.5 in a range of 0.10 - 3.90

Serum Cholesterol URT - Normal 4.7 (No Range).

Many Thanks for your wisdom & knowledge.

Sheena

[TiggerMe in reply to sheenah]

Nope you don't... what on earth was the nurse on about 🤷‍♀️

[Beads in reply to sheenah]

As Eeyore says, those don’t look like high cholesterol levels. But cholesterol and diabetes aren’t the same thing. Diabetes is sugar levels, cholesterol is fatty acid levels.