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Category: Thyroid disabilities
Free T3 testing reveals autoimmune thyroid damage
The American Thyroid Association prolongs the suffering of patients with autoimmune thyroid damage whose TSH has not yet risen to >10 mIU/L or their Free T4 has not yet fallen below reference. (1, 2) As I will outline in this post, medicine's inability to distinguish "subclinical hypothyroidism" from true hypothyroidism stems from the misguided policy … Continue reading Free T3 testing reveals autoimmune thyroid damage
55 Steps: A movie with applications to thyroid therapy
In this 2017 movie's portrayal of a patient's true story, Elanor Riese was given medications that damaged her quality of life and made her appear more mentally incompetent than she was to begin with. Elanor initially sought psychological help because of her fear of death, but she was forced into abusive medical treatment that limited … Continue reading 55 Steps: A movie with applications to thyroid therapy
Dosing by TSH results in FT3 inequity and health discrimination
The standard measure of thyroid gland health (the TSH normal range) is not a fair or accurate measure of thyroid hormone sufficiency in thyroid therapy. And the same meme, this time with MEN -- since men have hypothyroidism too. In a 2015 article, Midgley et al (1) wrote "the effective TSH level derived in a … Continue reading Dosing by TSH results in FT3 inequity and health discrimination
Thyroid patients excluded from research
Thyroid patients on thyroid therapy are commonly excluded from the study of "Low T3 Syndrome." What is "Low T3 syndrome"? Why is it important to study? This is the phenomenon of T3 thyroid hormone inactivation that often occurs in critical illness and puts their lives in great danger. Some thyroid patients know from experience that … Continue reading Thyroid patients excluded from research