Guest guest Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 For a full thyroid function test Venizia, your husband needs TSH, Free T4, Free T3 and he might ask them to test to see if he has antibodies to his thyroid. Luv - Sheila If someone has never been on thyroid meds or had any tests, do they just need the TSH or should they have the Ft3 and Ft4 also? Asking because my husband is going in for an exam before having surgery on Dec 5 for a hernia. He has, to me, exhibited some hypo symptoms. Venizia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 Thanks Sheila. I hadn't thought of the antibodies!! Venizia > > For a full thyroid function test Venizia, your husband needs TSH, Free T4, > Free T3 and he might ask them to test to see if he has antibodies to his > thyroid. > > > > Luv - Sheila > > > > If someone has never been on thyroid meds or had any tests, do they > just need the TSH or should they have the Ft3 and Ft4 also? Asking > because my husband is going in for an exam before having surgery on > Dec 5 for a hernia. He has, to me, exhibited some hypo symptoms. > > Venizia > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2008 Report Share Posted November 26, 2008 Please do note that the full thyroid function tests only test the thyroid gland and by some inference the prior glands, pituitary and hypothalamus. The regulatory feedback mechanism built into the peripheral metabolism virtually isolates the these tests from peripheral cellular hormone reception. In otherwords, the level of T3 has little to do with its use, unless one makes assumptions at the reception rate of the peripheral cells. Unfortuantely, the symptoms of hypothyroidism are produced by these cells. So any claim that the standard thyroid tests are fully indicative of the causes of the symptoms is pure bull. The concept that these tests do tell all is wholely unsupported by medical science -- see Braverman, Refetoff, etc. Have a better day, > > For a full thyroid function test Venizia, your husband needs TSH, Free T4, > Free T3 and he might ask them to test to see if he has antibodies to his > thyroid. > > > > Luv - Sheila > > > > If someone has never been on thyroid meds or had any tests, do they > just need the TSH or should they have the Ft3 and Ft4 also? Asking > because my husband is going in for an exam before having surgery on > Dec 5 for a hernia. He has, to me, exhibited some hypo symptoms. > > Venizia > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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