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Thyroid, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, DHEA, etc
Thyroid, DHEA, Pregnenolone, Progesterone, etc
Thyroid Bloodwork Test Results
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<blockquote data-quote="Vettester Chris" data-source="post: 11944" data-attributes="member: 696"><p>OK, good job on getting the follow up thyroid labs. On a semi-positive note, your FT3/RT3 ratio is currently at 19.3. Ideally you would be looking for this to be > 20, so all and all you are right there, just slightly below as it sits right now. However, the concern is that this ratio might drop if more T4 is introduced. T4 converts to T3, and also to RT3. The concern stems from your reference range percentage of your labs ... Here's why ...</p><p></p><p>When there's an issue (illness, stress, deficiency of iron, cortisol, etc.) the body will compensate with converting more RT3. Since your <u>FT4 is at 19% </u>of the reference range, and <u>FT3 is at 46%</u>, it's hard to say what the RT3 ratio will do when T4 gets pushed up, say in the 50% range. Not sure if that makes sense? In other terms, T4 is your storage reserve, and it's rather low. If there's an issue like low cortisol, the higher amounts of T4 will also become even higher amounts of RT3. </p><p></p><p>For the time being, I suggest staying on track with getting a cortisol kit, plus see where your iron sits. "If" everything looks pretty decent then I definitely think you should talk to a physician about some form of treatment for Hypothyroidism. If you start getting your thyroid levels up in the 50% to 80% of range category, and your FT3/RT3 ratio is at that 20 (or better) level, then that's a pretty good indicator that T3 is adequately getting to the cells. Keeping a log of your body temperature will be helpful during all of this, but we can chew on that down the road ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vettester Chris, post: 11944, member: 696"] OK, good job on getting the follow up thyroid labs. On a semi-positive note, your FT3/RT3 ratio is currently at 19.3. Ideally you would be looking for this to be > 20, so all and all you are right there, just slightly below as it sits right now. However, the concern is that this ratio might drop if more T4 is introduced. T4 converts to T3, and also to RT3. The concern stems from your reference range percentage of your labs ... Here's why ... When there's an issue (illness, stress, deficiency of iron, cortisol, etc.) the body will compensate with converting more RT3. Since your [U]FT4 is at 19% [/U]of the reference range, and [U]FT3 is at 46%[/U], it's hard to say what the RT3 ratio will do when T4 gets pushed up, say in the 50% range. Not sure if that makes sense? In other terms, T4 is your storage reserve, and it's rather low. If there's an issue like low cortisol, the higher amounts of T4 will also become even higher amounts of RT3. For the time being, I suggest staying on track with getting a cortisol kit, plus see where your iron sits. "If" everything looks pretty decent then I definitely think you should talk to a physician about some form of treatment for Hypothyroidism. If you start getting your thyroid levels up in the 50% to 80% of range category, and your FT3/RT3 ratio is at that 20 (or better) level, then that's a pretty good indicator that T3 is adequately getting to the cells. Keeping a log of your body temperature will be helpful during all of this, but we can chew on that down the road ... [/QUOTE]
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Thyroid Bloodwork Test Results
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