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Blood Test Discussion
18 year old Hypogondism
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<blockquote data-quote="Vettester Chris" data-source="post: 63270" data-attributes="member: 696"><p>Mike, welcome to EM! I'm sorry you're having to deal with all of this stuff at such a young age! It's unfortunate, but the best thing you can do is 'educate' yourself on all the particulars that involve your situation. </p><p></p><p>There's lots of stuff on your post. I can't get into all the talking points, but I'll chime-in on the comments you made regarding the thyroid ... Here's a good first lesson with how most GP's will deal with thyroid issues. First, just know that basically 98% of people will fall somewhere in the zone with those reference ranges. Sadly, many doctors see that, call it "normal", and treat the number not the patient.</p><p></p><p>Now that you see your Free T3 and Free T4 results, take a look at where they fall in their reference range. Your FT3 is pushing at around 63% of the reference range, FT4 is in the 30sh% range. T4 is the reserves, that converts to FT3 and Reverse T3, the goal is that FT3 is resolved at the cellular level in the body. Various things are needed for T3 to reach the cells, including cortisol , iron, ferritin, some of the electrolytes. B12 & D3 deficiencies can also play a role in this if imbalanced. 'WHEN' someone presents their FT3 as being 63%, and FT4 at 30%, there's usually a 'good' chance that FT3 is 'Pooling', or not making it to the cells.</p><p></p><p>Your Iron serum result is dead nuts at the bottom (should be 120 or bit higher for T3 purposes), which is an additional marker to support this pooling suspicion (plus ferritin is down there too). It would be great to look at this further by obtaining a Reverse T3 lab, which would provide the RT3/FT3 ratio. Additionally, this also leads to a suspicion of autoimmune disorder. You stated that Hashis is ruled out. Did you run both TPO and TgAb labs? If so, can you post results? Many doctors seem to run one or the other, it's a bonus if they do both, which is needed to check it at both the enzyme and protein level.</p><p></p><p>To conclude, you mentioned you're taking 15mg of the NP. That's only a 1/4 grain, which is really, really a small amount. Possibly you're titrating up??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vettester Chris, post: 63270, member: 696"] Mike, welcome to EM! I'm sorry you're having to deal with all of this stuff at such a young age! It's unfortunate, but the best thing you can do is 'educate' yourself on all the particulars that involve your situation. There's lots of stuff on your post. I can't get into all the talking points, but I'll chime-in on the comments you made regarding the thyroid ... Here's a good first lesson with how most GP's will deal with thyroid issues. First, just know that basically 98% of people will fall somewhere in the zone with those reference ranges. Sadly, many doctors see that, call it "normal", and treat the number not the patient. Now that you see your Free T3 and Free T4 results, take a look at where they fall in their reference range. Your FT3 is pushing at around 63% of the reference range, FT4 is in the 30sh% range. T4 is the reserves, that converts to FT3 and Reverse T3, the goal is that FT3 is resolved at the cellular level in the body. Various things are needed for T3 to reach the cells, including cortisol , iron, ferritin, some of the electrolytes. B12 & D3 deficiencies can also play a role in this if imbalanced. 'WHEN' someone presents their FT3 as being 63%, and FT4 at 30%, there's usually a 'good' chance that FT3 is 'Pooling', or not making it to the cells. Your Iron serum result is dead nuts at the bottom (should be 120 or bit higher for T3 purposes), which is an additional marker to support this pooling suspicion (plus ferritin is down there too). It would be great to look at this further by obtaining a Reverse T3 lab, which would provide the RT3/FT3 ratio. Additionally, this also leads to a suspicion of autoimmune disorder. You stated that Hashis is ruled out. Did you run both TPO and TgAb labs? If so, can you post results? Many doctors seem to run one or the other, it's a bonus if they do both, which is needed to check it at both the enzyme and protein level. To conclude, you mentioned you're taking 15mg of the NP. That's only a 1/4 grain, which is really, really a small amount. Possibly you're titrating up?? [/QUOTE]
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