Re: son's new labs

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What I would do first is get a full iron panel. I am seeing a real

pattern in the worst adrnla people alos having low iron, so I believe

one causes the other. If his iron is good thne T3 onyl would b e my

suggestion but not until heis adrneals are better stabilized. I ahve not

seen under 20mg HC be helpful, in dfact it ofgten does mroe harm than good.

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> Hi! I have posted before for myself, but I had a question about my son's labs.

He is 12 years old and was diagnosed 3 years ago with adrenal fatigue (confirmed

by extremely low evening blood work). He has been taking 10 mg hydrocortisone

for about 3 years. He has worsening symptoms that I relate to being undertreated

with hc and possible hypothyroid. He has gained over 50 pounds in the last

couple of years alone and he is sooo sensitive to hot weather. Plus tired all

the time and got sick a lot this past winter, even with the hc.

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> June 16, 8am fasting:

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> free t3 4.2 (2.0-4.4)

> (I've seen elsewhere,this range may be too low for someone his age)

> free t4 1.35 (0.8-1.80)

> reverse t3 215 (90-350)

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> ratio t3/rt3 0.0195

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> I have been measuring his temps and they are pretty much 98.6 F consistently.

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> If we decide on thyroid for him, does he have too much reverse t3 to begin

with armour? Should we start with t3 thyroid first to clear out some of the

reverse t3? Can someone be hypo, need thyroid, and still have good temps?

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> Any advice is much appreciated!

> Thanks so much,

> Kathy

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Here are the iron tests we have:

rbc 5.63H 3.7-5.3

hgb 15.7 12-16

hct 45.8H 34-44

mcv 81.3 78-98

mch 27.9 27-34

Can you tell anything from that? Should I get ferritin done to get a complete

picture?

I thought the same thing about the adrenals. He was fine on the 10mg hc in the

beginning, but over time I suspected he was under treated but his doc at the

time wouldn't increase the hc. He is now seeing my doc who ordered these tests

and can help us. I just needed some more info before I see him because he is not

used to treating children.

Thanks so much, this site has been so valuable!

Kathy

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The labs we need are transferrin % saturation and serum Iron adn TIBC or

UIBC.

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http://faqhelp.webs.com/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/RT3_T3/

http://www.thyroid-rt3.com/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HypoPets/

http://artisticgrooming.net/

> Here are the iron tests we have:

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> rbc 5.63H 3.7-5.3

> hgb 15.7 12-16

> hct 45.8H 34-44

> mcv 81.3 78-98

> mch 27.9 27-34

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> Can you tell anything from that? Should I get ferritin done to get a complete

picture?

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> I thought the same thing about the adrenals. He was fine on the 10mg hc in the

beginning, but over time I suspected he was under treated but his doc at the

time wouldn't increase the hc. He is now seeing my doc who ordered these tests

and can help us. I just needed some more info before I see him because he is not

used to treating children.

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> Thanks so much, this site has been so valuable!

> Kathy

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> We are not medical professionals here, just patients sharing our experiences.

Please use this information with the help of a competent doctor. Yahoo! Groups

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