contradictory test results

[confusedupanddown]

My blood tests show hyperthroidism. The thyroid scan shows "markedly hypothyroidism."

I had an fairly hard lick to the front of my neck and thought this was why about 3 weeks later, my neck was hurting--tender, pulsing pain primarily on the right side, radiating into my right ear.

I was exhausted, but thought that was due to the new school year since I am a teacher.

Other symptoms include: night sweats, heat intolerence in the day (I am normally cold-natured, and I am on hormones), sore throat, losing voice,  headaches.

Then about a week after the scan, I started to feel normal again. I have an apointment next week in the late afternoon with an endocrinologist, but I am starting to think that my symptoms were not related to my thyroid. I feel fine now. I think that maybe the injury to the front of my neck could have caused the abnormal test results.

Is that possible?

[confusedupanddown]

Thanks for your comments. I am going to keep my appt b/c my husband insists, but having the blood work done again while I am feeling better will be interesting.

Hopefully, it is either nothing or if it is a thyroid problem, then maybe I'll get lucky and have the temporary kind.

You guys are wonderful and encouraging.

Thanks again!

[goolarra]

Yourmight also have antibodies tested as long as you're having bloodwork done (TPOab, TGab and TRab).  If antibodies are negative, then a "temporary" thyroiditis, like silent thyroiditis, as bdazzled mentioned, is a distinct possibility.

[bdazzled]

I did not read all the post but I had the same problems when I first went to the Dr.  it turns out that I have silent thyroiditis which cause most ppl to be hyper at first and then go hypo my blood test showed that I was was really hyper and my uptake showed almost not uptake.  I think that the silent thyroiditis fits what I read of you post and the good new is if it is silent thyroiditist 80% of cases are cleared up after a year.   You still will require meds for the hyper and then different meds for the hypo Please keep me updated

[goolarra]

It's a great idea to try to get the labwork done before seeing your endo...saves a lot of time.  I'd keep the appointment regardless of results though.  If I were you I just know I'd feel a lot better if I had an "explanation" of what he thinks happened.  I find the trauma to the neck interesting and am curious what he might think trauma causes the thyroid to do.

[confusedupanddown]

Thanks so much! That is a good idea. I'll try to get that done before I go to the endo next week if possible. Then, maybe the test will be good enough so that I can even cancel the appt with the endo.

Thanks again!

[goolarra]

I should have clarified...I'd get the bloodwork redone, not the scan.  See where that takes you first.  Make sure your doctor orders free T3, free T4 and TSH.  It's pretty cheap bloodwork and gives you a lot of information.  If your labs are within reference range, and you're still felling good, I'd say you have nothing to worry about and just have to keep an eye out for future developments.

[goolarra]

I understand, I've self-inflicted injuries that were embarassing to say the least!  Managed to whack myself in the head a few years ago, a week before my mother-in-law's 70th birthday party, and had to show up with a shiner that crept its way down my face for about the next month!

If I were you, I'd have the thyroid tests repeated.  I'd also get a copy of the results from the previous one.  The fact that you are now feeling fine is huge, but why not confirm it with some bloodwork?  Hyperthyroidism is nothing to fool around with.  I'm basically hypo, but have been hyper due to overmedication, and I'll take hypo any day.  I think it will set your mind at ease and allow you some peace of mind.  I wouldn't associate any symptoms that have occured years ago or have been going on for years with your current thyroid state.

Have the tests repeated...you'll feel much better for it.  When you do, you can post them if you'd like, and members will help you interpret them.

[confusedupanddown]

Some other symptoms:

The sleeping thing--For years, I have had trouble sleeping. I can usually fall asleep quickly, but then become restless during the night. It seems as if my brain is too active to relax, too many thoughts racing through my mind. My remedy for that has been to deprive myself of sleep for several nights in a row, not completely, but only allowing myself to get 4-5 hours a night. After three or four nights of little sleep, I can get two or three nights of fairly good sleep.

I slept good the last few weeks when I was going through that period of exhaustion.

Dizzy spells--I have had very few of them lately and only mild ones. However, about ten years ago, and for a period of about five years, I had them regularly. Most of them occurred while I was driving and were severe enough that I had to pull over immediately. They gradually began to occur less frequently, and are almost non-existent now.

I have been under a quite of bit of stress lately, and I am hoping that the stress, combined with the neck injury, caused my thyroid to go wacky for a few weeks, and that everything is fine now. I feel fine. I am not having any of the symptoms anymore.

[confusedupanddown]

No, after reading several of these posts, I am wishing that I did have copies of the test results. After the first blood test, the doctor said that my thyroid was in a storm. He phoned the hospital and had another test run from the same blood--something to do with anti-bodies and then scheduled the thyroid scan

The neck injury was self-inflicted, but accidentally. I was holding a thick, wooden 4' measuring stick in one hand. I needed both hands, so I stuck the stick under my chin. Then when I bent over to grab the ends of a roll of bulletin board paper with both hands, the measuring stick struck the concrete floor and jabbed into the front of my neck. It hurt like crazy, but I could still talk and breathe, and there was only a red mark where it hit me, so I didn't do anything about it. Besides, it was embarrassing to tell. A couple of weeks later, I started having problems.

[goolarra]

Do you have the actual results of your thyroid bloodwork?  If so, please post along with the reference ranges of the tests.

Do you mind elaborating on what the trauma was to the front of your neck?

[confusedupanddown]

oh, yeah and I was sleepy all of the time when I had no energy. I just wanted to come  home and go straight to bed. The least bit of exertion, made me out of breath. Sometimes it felt like I couldn't put one foot in front of the other, but as I said in the first post, I feel fine right now.

[confusedupanddown]

Can someone shed some light on this for me, please???

My hair has also been coming out by the tons in the last few months, and that's driving me crazy too.