Thyroid Tidbit: Thyroid Disease in India
…suffering from hypothyroidism. How is hypothyroidism treated in India? Sadly, it’s treated in the same poor way as everywhere else: with T4-only and the use of the TSH lab test–both…
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Fifteen Most Annoying Phrases ever to come out of a doctor’s mouth
…15) I’ll see you in eight weeks. 14) Here’s a script for [insert any non-thyroid medication to bandaid continuing hypo symptom] 13) The free T3 lab test is not necessary….
Can you believe what this Endocrinologist said in 1931??
…as Armour desiccated thyroid. And in 1931, he made the following incredible statement: “A good laboratory report is cold comfort to a patient whose symptoms remain unchanged, and the doctor…
Multiple sclerosis, Dysautonomia, you name it…ALL made worse from hypothyroidism or being on a T4 med
…I am left wondering: what other conditions or diseases, which are unique in themselves, are worsened being either undiagnosed or dosed the lousy TSH lab test range…or due to the…
Another reason to question taking T4 meds without T3—your liver
…In other words, continued hypothyroidism (which being on T4-only meds has promoted, say patients for years) and undiagnosed hypothyroidism (because of the inadequacy of the TSH lab test) can ‘potentially’…