Sex discrimination and in-range hypothyroidism

[Guest guest]

Is there some form of sexism at play here? Are GPs, in their wisdom (?),

dismissing hypothyroid-induced complaints from women as being all in the mind,

because of your age, lack of exercise etc., because traditionally they have been

able to treat women as second class citizens and are continuing to so?

Would things be different if things were the other way around - i.e. if men were

more susceptible to " in-range hypothyroidism " than women.

As far as I'm aware, the TSH reference range is obtained from a mixed 50/50

gender population? Females seem to have far more problems with being hypothyroid

but in-range so should the reference ranges be different for men and women?

Just wondering ...

TC (Male)