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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Optimal vs Normal Thyroid Levels for All Lab Tests & Ages
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<blockquote data-quote="DragonBits" data-source="post: 108252" data-attributes="member: 18023"><p>One is just an annoyance with many papers, articles that say high or low something is bad, but they don't say how high or how low is significant. Many blood tests will show out of range and then a doctor will say, well, that doesn't really matter, it's only a little out of range, let's monitor it and see what it says next year. A personal example is my potassium levels, 40% of my blood tests flag potassium as being high, up to 5.7 (range 3.5-5.2). Doctors all tend to ignore that. </p><p></p><p>And lab tests flag high, but they also have flags called Alert and Critical when levels are dangerously high or low. How high or low can thyroid levels go before a doctor considers it to be a critical health situation? </p><p></p><p>Another example, liver enzyme SGOT (0-37)/SGPT(0-40), taking some supplements can raise SGOT/SGPT to 48/57 IU/Lwhich is 30-40% over range, BUT if you have something like hepatitis, those same enzymes can be over 2000-3000 IU/L. How high can those liver enzymes go before they rush you to a hospital? </p><p></p><p></p><p>Without knowing how high or how low levels can go when you have a clinically serious problem, it's difficult to determine how much attention we should pay to out or range, or in the case here, in the lower or upper part of a range. </p><p></p><p><strong>As regards TSH, say for example TSH level is 3 mIU/L, but your T4, T3, FT3, FT4 and Rt3 are all solidly in the "optimal range", then should you attempt to "treat" the TSH level? An opinion is that optimal TSH is 2.5 mIU/L or less.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Though I agree, one has to look at the total picture, and each hormone doesn't have to be "optimal". But it still begs the question, in my example above, does a TSH of 3 mIL/L have any predictive value?</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p></p><p>Assuming of course you aren't taking any thyroid medications that would have affected TSH.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DragonBits, post: 108252, member: 18023"] One is just an annoyance with many papers, articles that say high or low something is bad, but they don't say how high or how low is significant. Many blood tests will show out of range and then a doctor will say, well, that doesn't really matter, it's only a little out of range, let's monitor it and see what it says next year. A personal example is my potassium levels, 40% of my blood tests flag potassium as being high, up to 5.7 (range 3.5-5.2). Doctors all tend to ignore that. And lab tests flag high, but they also have flags called Alert and Critical when levels are dangerously high or low. How high or low can thyroid levels go before a doctor considers it to be a critical health situation? Another example, liver enzyme SGOT (0-37)/SGPT(0-40), taking some supplements can raise SGOT/SGPT to 48/57 IU/Lwhich is 30-40% over range, BUT if you have something like hepatitis, those same enzymes can be over 2000-3000 IU/L. How high can those liver enzymes go before they rush you to a hospital? Without knowing how high or how low levels can go when you have a clinically serious problem, it's difficult to determine how much attention we should pay to out or range, or in the case here, in the lower or upper part of a range. [B]As regards TSH, say for example TSH level is 3 mIU/L, but your T4, T3, FT3, FT4 and Rt3 are all solidly in the "optimal range", then should you attempt to "treat" the TSH level? An opinion is that optimal TSH is 2.5 mIU/L or less. Though I agree, one has to look at the total picture, and each hormone doesn't have to be "optimal". But it still begs the question, in my example above, does a TSH of 3 mIL/L have any predictive value? [/B] Assuming of course you aren't taking any thyroid medications that would have affected TSH. [/QUOTE]
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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Optimal vs Normal Thyroid Levels for All Lab Tests & Ages
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