Re: Post of responses to Husband has kidney pain - Hypothyroid

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--Aside from what said..which is totally the place and way to

go...

Andy says and I confirm that people who are mercury toxic can by hypo

thyroid regardless of what labs say. Low body temp is hypo.

If he has really low TSH and is clearly hypo by symptoms you need to

look at pituitary problems. (also stop the thyroid madness can help

with that). Peole with pituitary problems will be hypo but don't make

enough TSH.

If he were truly hyper..he'd be thin, and not tired, ever.

His symptoms say he's hypothyroid.

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> > He did get his thyroid checked as well Dave, but the dr. only ordered

> > a TSH, total T4 and a T3 uptake. I don't have the numbers on me

> > right now (in his office-we lock it when he's out of town d/t the

> > kids) but what I remember was that his TSH was like 0.83 which is on

> > the lower side and his T4 and T3 was within normal limits. My nurses

> > training tells me that it is suspect of being hyperthyroid. But at

> > the same time what does low body temp, intolerance to cold and

> > fatigue, etc.. physical symptoms of what we would consider

> > hypothyroid doing expressing itself in the face of lab tests showing

> > more hyperthyroid numbers. Can the two exist together????

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> > Carie

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