Re: Baseline thyroid testing for young people ?

[Guest guest]

It's a good idea and very interesting comments. However, my health has never

been good so I doubt it would have helped me very much.

Miriam

> I posted a simple question on an forum about whether young people should have

baseline testing for thyroid hormones and some other important nutrients and

hormones when they are well. I got a lot of response to this. So much so that I

felt I had to put the comments into a blog post to share with others. I thank

the contributors (who remain anonymous) greatly as they made a simple Q & A

session extremely valuable. & #8232;:

>

> http://recoveringwitht3.com/blog/baseline-thyroid-testing-young-people

[Guest guest]

it's not a new idea, a few people have mooted this before....

it is however a good idea...

chris

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> > I posted a simple question on an forum about whether young people should

have baseline testing for thyroid hormones and some other important nutrients

and hormones when they are well. I got a lot of response to this. So much so

that I felt I had to put the comments into a blog post to share with others. I

thank the contributors (who

[Guest guest]

This is fine ,

but the question should be put to the Department of Health, the Royal College

of Physicians, the British Thyroid Association, all the endocrinologists etc as

they are the one's who will decide whether or not such testing would be useful

- or not. It doesn't help to have discussions if nothing is done to get such

questions asked in the right quarters. Not very well put, but you know what I

mean.

Luv - Sheila

> I posted a simple question on an forum about whether young people should

have baseline testing for thyroid hormones and some other important nutrients

and hormones when they are well. I got a lot of response to this. So much so

that I felt I had to put the comments into a blog post to share with others. I

thank the contributors (who remain anonymous) greatly as they made a simple

Q & A session extremely valuable. & #8232;:

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