Hypothyroidism Testing

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Hi all,

 

The unfortunate thing about thyroid testing with a standard blood

draw is that (like all hormones), the " normal range " is just entirely

too broad.

 

Many of the midlife women I work with have thyroid issues. They can

have ever single symptom of hypothyroidism and still have the results

returned " within the normal range " .

 

Listen to your body, not ONLY test results! Or, if you want an

accurate result, try saliva testing instead of a blood draw.

 

Michelle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

> I've heard the same as you of fish oil. Another thing may be to get

> your thyroid levels checked. It's not something that seems a common

> test in the human world, but with dogs, high triglycerides can mean

> hypothyroidism.

>

> (Hold on) I just looked it up and here it is:

> In human patients with full-blown hypothyroidism, serum levels of

> triglycerides, total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL)

> cholesterol are elevated. In patients with subclinical

hypothyroidism,

> not surprisingly, the same changes are present but are less marked

and

> less consistent. This pattern of lipid abnormalities, of course, is

> important because it is a risk factor for atherosclerotic

> cardiovascular disease. Some studies,12,13 but not others,10 have

> shown a decrease in LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol levels

after

> treatment with levothyroxine (Levoxyl, Levothroid, Synthroid).

>

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> SO it's odd to me that M.D.'s don't automatically check thyroid in

> most case (instead of putting someone meds).

> This info's been out for quite while, look at the date in the link:

> http://www.aafp.org/afp/980215ap/adlin.html

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> -Michele

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> , " martiunderwood "

> <martiunderwood@> wrote:

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> > Help I have very High Cholestrol and Triglyceirds levels. Anyone

out

> > there have an idea how I can lower these. I have another blood

check

> > in a month and I am wanting to lower these fast. Fish oil I know

but

> > how much and will red wine help?

> >

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