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My test level for TSH,3rd generation is .01 L what does this mean?
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Have you been diagnosed with a thyroid issue and are you on any med(s)?

Have you had any other labs besides TSH?  If so, could you post the results along with the lab's reference ranges since the ranges are lab specific?
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Reference range for TSH is 0.3-3.0, so yours ia quite low.  This can indicate hyperthyroidism.  However, TSH is barely adequate as a screening test.  Your next step should be to test free T3 and free T4 and repeat TSH on the same blood draw.  FT3 and FT4 are the actual thyroid hormones and much better indicators of thyroid dysfunction than TSH (a pituitary hormone).  You might also have thyroid antibodies tested, TPOab, TGab and TSI.  If any of these is elevated, it could indicate autoimmune thyroid disease.  This is all relatively inexpensive bloodwork, and will tell you a lot more about what your thyroid's doing than you know now.
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