Get These Thyroid Labs In Addition To TSH
Why do doctors treat thyroid testing differently from every other hormone in your body? When you look at how doctors test other hormones in your body, you will see what I mean:
When your doctor wants to check your testosterone level, what do they order? They order a testosterone level.
When your doctor wants to check your estrogen level, what do they order? They order an estradiol level which is the most powerful estrogen.
When your doctor wants to check your cortisol level, what do they order? They order a serum cortisol level.
How does this compare to your thyroid? Well, when your doctor wants to check your thyroid what do they order? They order a serum TSH level INSTEAD of your thyroid level!
What's even more interesting is that all of the other hormones I mentioned above are all regulated at the level of the pituitary, just like your thyroid. So if your doctor wanted to, they could check your FSH instead of estrogen, your LH instead of testosterone, and your ACTH instead of cortisol. But guess what? That's not what they do.
Instead, your thyroid is the only pituitary-controlled hormone that is treated differently from every other one and we are told this is because it's better. I have a hard time believing that given that so many thyroid patients (probably you included) are doing so poorly right now.
This is where ordering your free T4 and free T3 step in. Ordering these lab tests allows you to accurately test how much THYROID hormone is in your body, just like you would if you were testing any other hormone!
Ordering your free T4 and free T3, along with the TSH, will give you a more clear picture as to what is going on with your thyroid and should be the standard for thyroid patients.
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