Thyroid issuses....??!


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Thyroid issuses....??

okay i have looked all over this site and still cant find what i need....i recently went for my annual physical and the dr checked my thryoid said it was at 2.1 level, told me that it was "normal" but gave me a referal to see an endocrinologist. my question is has anyone had a 2.1 level and why do i need to go to a specialist if its "normal". AND what does a 2.1 level mean????

any help would be appreciated thanks in advance


Answers:

A healthy thyroid usually works with a TSH of 1 or 1.5 or around that. To get a better idea of your thyroid you proably want to repeat the blood work in 2 months. To get a more comprehensive evaluation and accurate diagnosis - test for more stuff: T4, T3, FreeT4, FreeT3, TPO antibodies. Once you get the results - look for the high end results meaning - your each result should be in the high end. If your TSH comes back 2.1 or around that again - and you do not have antibodies - that means that right now your thyroid is good and healthy. However, do you have any hypothyroid symptoms? The biggests are: lethargic, tired, weigh gain, hair fall. If you dont have these, test yourself again in 6 months, and then a year. If all these are correct - you can get the testing done once a year again. If your TSH will be eventually higher and becomes 2.5, 3, 3.5 or even higher that can mean that you are hypothyroid. If you have high antibodies that means you are autoimmune hypothyroid and the treatment is the same for both. Usually you get synthetic thyroid hormone - which is a very safe medicine once you are on the correct dose. If you are symptomatic - TSH above 2 can benefit from a small amount of thyroid hormone too. If the synthetics do not work for you - you can opt for natural thyroid hormone from pigs (I take that and that worked better for me.) At this point - you probably need more testing to see whats going on. I wish you good luck!




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