If even the experts complain that it’s difficult to diagnose central hypothyroidism before thyroid therapy, it can be almost impossible for the medical system to begin to see your central hypothyroidism during thyroid therapy. Once you are on thyroid therapy… Read More ›
Every thyroid patient and doctor should become more informed about the challenges of diagnosing central hypothyroidism. Did you know that people can even have elevated TSH levels in central hypothyroidism? Wow, really? Yes, the research says so. A graph of… Read More ›
This week, a thyroid patient from British Columbia posted an image of a piece of paper handed to her at a LifeLabs laboratory. LifeLabs BC was using this paper leaflet to explain to her why “Free T3 and Free T4… Read More ›
Many substances and health factors can, independently of thyroid hormones, lower TSH secretion significantly. These factors are not listed in Braverman & Cooper’s chapter on thyrotoxicosis in Werner & Ingbar’s The Thyroid textbook, 10th edition 2013, because their chapter avoids… Read More ›
This post walks through the process of using the SPINA-Thyr to interpret thyroid lab test results. OVERVIEW SPINA-Thyr is a free diagnostic application. SPINA-Thyr takes thyroid laboratory test values TSH, Free T4 and Free T3 and performs calculations that enable in-depth… Read More ›
In my previous post, I discussed the statement of the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (CSEM) response to thyroid patients’ concerns, dated April 8th, 2019. There, I showed that the minor edit of adding a clause about central hypothyroidism… Read More ›
On April 8, 2018 The Canadian Society for Endocrinology and Metabolism (CSEM) made the happy announcement that they have made an edit to their prohibition of FT3 and FT4 testing in hypothyroidism. At first, patients were elated, hopeful, feeling like… Read More ›