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Relational Stability, part 4: The new thyroid paradigm
This final section of my paraphrase of Hoermann et al’s landmark 2016 article articulates the shift from the limited, older TSH-T4 paradigm to the new paradigm that includes T3 hormone. Interrelational Measures and Emerging New Concepts of Thyroid Homeostasis [Paraphrase… Read More ›
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Relational Stability, part 3: Shifting TSH-T4-T3 relationships
Why are some people extremely hypothyroid while their TSH is above reference range, while others have no symptoms and are completely healthy? How important is the Free T3 test when diagnosing true “euthyroid” status within the TSH reference range? Is… Read More ›
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Relational Stability, Part 2: Normality of TSH and thyroid hormones
Does the statistically-defined “normal” TSH reference range for the healthy population describe the TSH range for a healthy individual? Does having a TSH within the normal laboratory range always mean you, as an individual are biologically euthyroid? Does falling outside… Read More ›
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Relational stability among thyroid hormones and TSH, part 1
In a series of posts, I’m sharing my plainer-English paraphrase of a very important article in thyroid science. My hope is that the public, doctors, and educated thyroid patients can better understand and appreciate its insights. This article by Dr…. Read More ›
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What can prevent T3 from getting into thyroid receptors?
This is part 2 of a post which began with the question “How do we get enough T3 into our thyroid hormone receptors?” In this post, I discuss the factors that can prevent T3 from getting into receptors. There are… Read More ›
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How do we get enough T3 into thyroid hormone receptors?
In thyroid disease and therapy, even when TSH is normalized, we can still be genuinely hypothyroid if we do not have enough T3 getting into our thyroid hormone receptors in cells throughout the body. Most people know there’s two ways… Read More ›
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In 1981, Canadians argued T3 was the best test in thyroid therapy
Canadians can take pride in their historical defense of T3 testing in thyroid therapy. Our job defending the T3 test today is to remind people of what has changed since then in thyroid testing, and what is still the same…. Read More ›
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Discordance in thyroid symptoms reported by patients and their doctors
There’s no surprise that patients and doctors would disagree about the incidence rate of hypothyroid symptoms in a given patient. “We have an average of 7.2 symptoms per patient” says the cohort of 262 patients. “No, you have an average… Read More ›