Guest guest Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Here are some lab results for Thyroid and some other hormones thrown in. TSH 1.88 8/15/2007 2.17 3/23/2007 1.69 8/28/2006 1.61 7/9/2005 2.13 2/25/2004 1.7 6/22/1999 1.6 2/23/1995 Here are tests done around April 2, 2007. Thyroid tests: Thyroxine (T4) Free, Direct, S 1.37 ng/dL range 0.61-1.76 Triiodothyronine (T3), Free, Serum 2.7 pg/mL range 2.3-4.2 (Low, but within range) TSH 2.174 uIU/mL range 0.350-5.50 Thyroid Peroxidase (TPO) Ab <10 IU/mL range 0-34 Antithyroglobulin Ab <20 IU/mL range 0-40 Testosterone, Free, Direct 11.5 pg/mL range 8.7-25.1 (Low, but within range) Corisol AM (Morning) 19.8 ug/dL range 4.3-22.4 (High, but within range) DHEA-Sulfate 183 ug/dL range 120-520 (Low, but within range) Tests around July 2005 T3 Free, 324, 230-420 PG/DL T-4 Free, 1.5, 0.8-1.8 NG/DL TSH, 1.61, 0.40-5.50 MIU/L And I forgot about this study. I have bacterial overgrowth FWIW. Association Between Hypothyroidism and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez? db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17698907&itool=pubm ed_DocSum " Objectives: Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth is defined as an abnormally high bacterial population level in the small intestine. Intestinal motor dysfunction associated with hypothyroidism could predispose to bacterial overgrowth. Luminal bacteria could modulate gastrointestinal symptoms and interfere with levothyroxine absorption. The aims of the present study were to assess the prevalence and the clinical pattern of bacterial overgrowth in patients with a history of overt hypothyroidism and the effects of bacterial overgrowth decontamination on thyroid hormone levels. Methods: Fifty (50) consecutive patients with a history of overt hypothyroidism due to autoimmune thyroiditis were enrolled. Diagnosis of bacterial overgrowth was based on positivity to hydrogen (H2) glucose breath test. Bacterial overgrowth positive patients were treated with 1200 mg of rifaximin each day for a week. A glucose breath test, gastrointestinal symptoms and thyroid hormone plasma levels were reassessed 1 month after treatment. Results: Twenty-seven (27) patients with a history of hypothyroidism demonstrated a positive result to the breath test (27/50, 54%), compared with 2 in the control group (2/40, 5%). The difference was statistically significant (p <0.001). Abdominal discomfort, flatulence and bloating were significantly more prevalent in the bacterial overgrowth positive group. These symptoms significantly improved after antibiotic decontamination. Thyroid hormone plasma levels were not significantly affected by successful bacterial overgrowth decontamination. Conclusion: History of overt hypothyroidism is associated with bacterial overgrowth development. Excess bacteria could influence clinical gastrointestinal manifestations. Bacterial overgrowth decontamination is associated with improved gastrointestinal symptoms. However, fermenting carbohydrate luminal bacteria do not interfere with thyroid hormone levels. " > I don't know if you posted your thyroid test results in the group? > > In mercury poisoning we often have secondary hypothyroidism, which > means that the pituitary is a source of the problem (I'm not sure if > hypothalamus involvement would be called tertiary?) When the > hypothyroidism is secondary the TSH can be low, normal, or high. In > my case TSH was consistently low, which fooled most of the doctors > including an endocrinologist. I checked off 75 % of hypothyroid > symptoms from a list that one doctor gave me. I got thyroid hormone > based on symptoms. > > If you have test results for free T3 and free T4 you might want to > post them to the group. Andy suggests that they should be in the high > end of the normal range. > > There are also 3 antithyroid antibody tests. I had the most common > one and my antibodies were higher than normal. The doctor who did > that test said " Hashimoto's " . Does anyone know if the other thyroid > tests have any utility if a person has Hashimoto's hypothyroidism? > > If a person is also hypoadrenal, the adrenals must be treated first. > I don't know enough about the saliva adrenal tests to know if yours is > an indication that you need physiological cortisol replacement. Small > doses would probably make you feel better. > > It would be nice to find a doctor who understands all this. There > aren't very many around. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 In frequent-dose-chelation mle_ii wrote: Here are some lab results for Thyroid and some other hormones thrown in. TSH 1.88 8/15/2007 2.17 3/23/2007 1.69 8/28/2006 1.61 7/9/2005 2.13 2/25/2004 1.7 6/22/1999 1.6 2/23/1995 -----------TSH usually doesn't mean much when you have mercury poisoning. Free T3 and T4 are much more informative.---------Jackie Here are tests done around April 2, 2007. Thyroid tests: Thyroxine (T4) Free, Direct, S 1.37 ng/dL range 0.61-1.76 Triiodothyronine (T3), Free, Serum 2.7 pg/mL range 2.3-4.2 (Low, but within range) -----------Probably could be higher, especially the T3. You want to be in the upper 1/3 or 1/4 of the range to feel best. Standard lab ranges are notoriously very wide.---Jackie TSH 2.174 uIU/mL range 0.350-5.50 --------Doesn't mean much, but the lab range is way too high on this. I think around 3.0 or 3.5 is considered the upper limit for hypothyroidism, and you're getting closer, being in the 2's.-------Jackie Thyroid Peroxidase (TPO) Ab <10 IU/mL range 0-34 Antithyroglobulin Ab <20 IU/mL range 0-40 ----------Good you don't have any antibodies, so no Hashimoto's disease.-----Jackie Testosterone, Free, Direct 11.5 pg/mL range 8.7-25.1 (Low, but within range) -----------On the lower end, may feel better if you get this up higher. DHEA is a precursor to this, so supplementing that may raise this too.----Jackie Corisol AM (Morning) 19.8 ug/dL range 4.3-22.4 (High, but within range) ------------That looks good, but is this blood or saliva? Most of us do 2 or 4X a day saliva testing for cortisol/adrenals.---------Jackie DHEA-Sulfate 183 ug/dL range 120-520 (Low, but within range) ----------May help to supplement this, as I mentioned above, could even help raise testosterone levels. DHEA is OTC supplement.-------Jackie Tests around July 2005 T3 Free, 324, 230-420 PG/DL T-4 Free, 1.5, 0.8-1.8 NG/DL TSH, 1.61, 0.40-5.50 MIU/L And I forgot about this study. I have bacterial overgrowth FWIW. Association Between Hypothyroidism and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez? db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17698907&itool=pubm ed_DocSum " Objectives: Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth is defined as an abnormally high bacterial population level in the small intestine. Intestinal motor dysfunction associated with hypothyroidism could predispose to bacterial overgrowth. Luminal bacteria could modulate gastrointestinal symptoms and interfere with levothyroxine absorption. The aims of the present study were to assess the prevalence and the clinical pattern of bacterial overgrowth in patients with a history of overt hypothyroidism and the effects of bacterial overgrowth decontamination on thyroid hormone levels. Methods: Fifty (50) consecutive patients with a history of overt hypothyroidism due to autoimmune thyroiditis were enrolled. Diagnosis of bacterial overgrowth was based on positivity to hydrogen (H2) glucose breath test. Bacterial overgrowth positive patients were treated with 1200 mg of rifaximin each day for a week. A glucose breath test, gastrointestinal symptoms and thyroid hormone plasma levels were reassessed 1 month after treatment. Results: Twenty-seven (27) patients with a history of hypothyroidism demonstrated a positive result to the breath test (27/50, 54%), compared with 2 in the control group (2/40, 5%). The difference was statistically significant (p <0.001). Abdominal discomfort, flatulence and bloating were significantly more prevalent in the bacterial overgrowth positive group. These symptoms significantly improved after antibiotic decontamination. Thyroid hormone plasma levels were not significantly affected by successful bacterial overgrowth decontamination. Conclusion: History of overt hypothyroidism is associated with bacterial overgrowth development. Excess bacteria could influence clinical gastrointestinal manifestations. Bacterial overgrowth decontamination is associated with improved gastrointestinal symptoms. However, fermenting carbohydrate luminal bacteria do not interfere with thyroid hormone levels. " > I don't know if you posted your thyroid test results in the group? > > In mercury poisoning we often have secondary hypothyroidism, which > means that the pituitary is a source of the problem (I'm not sure if > hypothalamus involvement would be called tertiary?) When the > hypothyroidism is secondary the TSH can be low, normal, or high. In > my case TSH was consistently low, which fooled most of the doctors > including an endocrinologist. I checked off 75 % of hypothyroid > symptoms from a list that one doctor gave me. I got thyroid hormone > based on symptoms. > > If you have test results for free T3 and free T4 you might want to > post them to the group. Andy suggests that they should be in the high > end of the normal range. > > There are also 3 antithyroid antibody tests. I had the most common > one and my antibodies were higher than normal. The doctor who did > that test said " Hashimoto's " . Does anyone know if the other thyroid > tests have any utility if a person has Hashimoto's hypothyroidism? > > If a person is also hypoadrenal, the adrenals must be treated first. > I don't know enough about the saliva adrenal tests to know if yours is > an indication that you need physiological cortisol replacement. Small > doses would probably make you feel better. > > It would be nice to find a doctor who understands all this. 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