HelloI need to have my thyroid checked soon due to starting HRT what other tests do I need to request to make sure I'm at optimum level with everything?
I think ferritin levels, vit d, b12 am I missing anything?
Many thanks
HelloI need to have my thyroid checked soon due to starting HRT what other tests do I need to request to make sure I'm at optimum level with everything?
I think ferritin levels, vit d, b12 am I missing anything?
Many thanks
And folate.
But, whilst blood tests for nutrients will tell you if they're optimal. Testing for thyroid won't. Optimal, where thyroid is concerned, is not a number, it's how you feel.
also need both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested at least once for autoimmune thyroid disease
Have these been tested
About 90% of primary hypothyroidism is autoimmune thyroid disease, usually diagnosed by high thyroid antibodies
Autoimmune thyroid disease with goitre is Hashimoto’s
Autoimmune thyroid disease without goitre is Ord’s thyroiditis.
Both are autoimmune and generally called Hashimoto’s.
20% of autoimmune thyroid patients never have high thyroid antibodies and ultrasound scan of thyroid can get diagnosis
In U.K. medics hardly ever refer to autoimmune thyroid disease as Hashimoto’s (or Ord’s thyroiditis)
Recommended that all thyroid blood tests early morning, ideally just before 9am, only drink water between waking and test and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test
This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip)
Low vitamin levels are extremely common when hypothyroid, especially with autoimmune thyroid disease
How much levothyroxine are you now taking
Always same brand?