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What should I do?
First of all, english is not my native language, so excuse the errors. I`ve done some tests as follows, and I really need your opinion on this. First in may this year: TSH:14,785 (normal values: 0.49-4.67), Ionic serum calcium-3.91 (n.v.:4.04-5.2), PTH -33.6 (N.V.:15-65). A radiological exam: the right lob ~5/2.2/2 cm and the left one ~4/1.8/1.9 cm. After this I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, acute tiroiditis and spasmofilia. I started with a drug called Euthyrox 50-1 a day in the morning, Alfa D3 0.5-1/day, lactic calcium-2/day. I started to feel very sick but I continued thinking that this is how it should be. When I couldn`t take it I went to another doctor and I did some other tests, as follows: T4-1.56 (n.v.-0.71-1.85), TSH-0.067 (n.v.-0.49-4.67), thyroidian microzomial antiboddies-1000 (n.v.-<12), T3-1.4 (n.v.-0.79-1.49), VSH-17 mm/h, Ca-4.6 (n.v.-4.2-5.1), Mg-1.72 (n.v.-1.6-2.6), GluC-105mg/dL(n.v.-70-105). After this that other doctor said to stop the Euthyrox, and take only calcium and Magne B6 and Alfa D3 for a month so that I can do another set of tests. I will take them next week. Ok, so far in your opinion what should I do and what this all means???? PLEASE HELP ME!! I`m from a country were they seem to not put a good price on people`s health and confort. Thank you a lot
I asked of synthroid but they haven`t heard about it in any farmacy around here. Now doctor told me to take L-tyroxin of 25 for 4 weeks and to do the tests again....
By the way I`m from Romania and it seems that if they get paid enough I can get a good opinion and get the right tests, even if I`m a police officer and I should not pay fort this tests or doctors cause I`m ensured by the state, but anyway....thank you for replying to me, very much. I`ve done the tests again this morning and hope to receive my results tomorrow afternoon. And maybe find out what is happening next. I shall talk to my new doctor, hope that she can receive me and talk to you too, hoping that you could tell me something more than she would probably say...but I still have confidence that if she figured that is something wrong she will know what to do next. An d soon I hope cause I`m not feeling so well. I`m very tired, I can`t sleep well, I sleep only 3 or 4 hour a night, my head is hurting all the time, I`m very, very nervous, agitated and I can`t work properly, my feet are killing me, I have this crazy cramps almost all the time, and on my hand fingers. By the way 3 months ago I went to the hospital for some back aches, after some tests they said that I have o double discopathy: L4-L5, L5-S1, scoliosis and lombar hyperlordoses(not sure if I got that right in english ), so my back hurtes very much too. Ok...thank you very much for replying, for your help!!!!!!!
Your in my opinion reading very low in your calcium tests also.
Not sure if you may have a primary hypothyroidism (hashimoto thyroidtitis) and a secondary parathyroid disorder.
Where are you from that these doctors are not guiding you?
Is there an option of Synthroid as the med instead of Euthyrox? or even Unithroid?
Not sure if you may have a primary hypothyroidism (hashimoto thyroidtitis) and a secondary parathyroid disorder.
Where are you from that these doctors are not guiding you?
Is there an option of Synthroid as the med instead of Euthyrox? or even Unithroid?
I would check again the glucose (and keep an eye on the glucose plasma levels), because it's 105 , between 110 - 126 is called "medium" glucose alteration. I would do the glucose tolerance test too just to be sure.
I can't answer all of your questions, but I will answer the easy ones and hopefully someone smart will answer the other ones.
Your first TSH test was an error. You could not have a TSH of 14,785. You would be dead. The doctor should have run that test again before putting you on Euthyrox.
Your second TSH test shows that the Euthyrox dose was a little too strong, and gave you too much hormone, making you Hyperthyroid.
Your antibody test shows that you have an autoimmune disorder. It is probably autoimmune hypothyroidism. Your immune system thinks your thyroid is a germ or a foreign body and is trying to kill it. There is no effective way to stop the antibodies.
Selenium may lower the number of antibodies you have. It works for some people, but not everyone. 200mcg per day is safe to try. Be very careful. If you take 200mg instead of mcg, you will poison yourself. If you do not understand this, ASK about it.
It sounds like your second doctor knows what he (or she) is doing. He is running the right tests.
Your thyroid is inflamed and you probably have thyroiditis. Your thyroid hormone levels go up and down when you have a bout of thyroiditis. That makes it hard to get the dose of medicine correct. Euthyrox is also a little hard to dose, because it is not made in many different strengths.
The doctor will probably put you back on the Euthyrox after more tests are run. He might try a smaller dose or not, depending on the test results.
This is only part of what you want to know, I am guessing. Tell us what other questions you have, and someone will help you.
Your first TSH test was an error. You could not have a TSH of 14,785. You would be dead. The doctor should have run that test again before putting you on Euthyrox.
Your second TSH test shows that the Euthyrox dose was a little too strong, and gave you too much hormone, making you Hyperthyroid.
Your antibody test shows that you have an autoimmune disorder. It is probably autoimmune hypothyroidism. Your immune system thinks your thyroid is a germ or a foreign body and is trying to kill it. There is no effective way to stop the antibodies.
Selenium may lower the number of antibodies you have. It works for some people, but not everyone. 200mcg per day is safe to try. Be very careful. If you take 200mg instead of mcg, you will poison yourself. If you do not understand this, ASK about it.
It sounds like your second doctor knows what he (or she) is doing. He is running the right tests.
Your thyroid is inflamed and you probably have thyroiditis. Your thyroid hormone levels go up and down when you have a bout of thyroiditis. That makes it hard to get the dose of medicine correct. Euthyrox is also a little hard to dose, because it is not made in many different strengths.
The doctor will probably put you back on the Euthyrox after more tests are run. He might try a smaller dose or not, depending on the test results.
This is only part of what you want to know, I am guessing. Tell us what other questions you have, and someone will help you.
You have high level of thyroid antimicrosomal antibodies; [synonyms: Thyroid peroxidase antibody; TPOAb}];
this means you are heaving autoimmune thyroiditis.
Sometimes the Euthyrox [known as L-thyroxine] is not vrey well tolerated by some patients; you may have to ask the doctor to look up for natural hormone supplement.
Sometimes, when dose of L-thyroxine is not HIGH enough, it can make symptoms a lot worse.
this means you are heaving autoimmune thyroiditis.
Sometimes the Euthyrox [known as L-thyroxine] is not vrey well tolerated by some patients; you may have to ask the doctor to look up for natural hormone supplement.
Sometimes, when dose of L-thyroxine is not HIGH enough, it can make symptoms a lot worse.
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