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what will be the cause if thyroid stimulating hormone is 8.9, will it be completely cured/ which medicime should I take(prefer ayurveda) ?
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As flyingfool said, you will need to get tested for the Free T3 and Free T4 hormones to see exactly where you're at, but your TSH does indicate hypo.
There is not ayurvedic medicine that will do the trick; you will need to replace the thyroid hormone, with thyroid hormone.
There is not ayurvedic medicine that will do the trick; you will need to replace the thyroid hormone, with thyroid hormone.
Also TSH stands for Thyroid Stimulating Hormone.
it is actually a hormone produced by the Pituitary gland in the brain. The pituitary is sort of like a thermostat. It senses that the body has low Thyroid and then puts out TSH hormone which tells the Thyroid to start producing THyroid. So by measuring TSH they are not measuring Thyroid. They are simply checking the signal that turns the Thyroid on/off.
As mentioned the TRUE and real Thyroid hormones are the T3 and T4. And to get an accurate reading you MUST have these tested. TSH is a screening test at best and ABSOLUTELY can NOT be used to adjust Thyroid medication dosages. No matter what the Dr's tell you. It is just luck if it works out using TSH alone.
it is actually a hormone produced by the Pituitary gland in the brain. The pituitary is sort of like a thermostat. It senses that the body has low Thyroid and then puts out TSH hormone which tells the Thyroid to start producing THyroid. So by measuring TSH they are not measuring Thyroid. They are simply checking the signal that turns the Thyroid on/off.
As mentioned the TRUE and real Thyroid hormones are the T3 and T4. And to get an accurate reading you MUST have these tested. TSH is a screening test at best and ABSOLUTELY can NOT be used to adjust Thyroid medication dosages. No matter what the Dr's tell you. It is just luck if it works out using TSH alone.
TSH is NOT a definitive test. Generally it is a screening test at best.
The more definitive tests are the FREE (as opposed to TOTAL) Free T4 and Free T3. Generally people seem to feel symptom relief when their FREE T4is in the MIDDLE of the reference range AND (that means in addition to) their FREE T3 is in the UPPER 1/3 of the range. Simply being somewhere within range is NOT sufficient to feel well for most people. Although Dr's will often not believe this. In addition some Dr's do not believe in any testing beyond TSH. If your Dr. is like this RUN, don't walk away to find another Dr.
That being said a TSH of 8.9 would indicate a low Thyroid or Hypo condition. The only real solution to this is to add Thyroid by medication.
Which medication works depends upon many things and some people can tolerate some medicines while others can't.
Please post your blood lab results if you have any in addition to the TSH. And it is very important to also include the reference ranges which are usually shown in parenthesis after your test results as different labs use different reference ranges.
There are three basic paths of medicines.
1) Natural Dissected Thyroid. This is natural thyroid from pigs and I think is about 80% T4 hormone and 20% T3 hormone. Many Dr's don't like this as they believe the dosage is irregular due to the fact that it is a natural source. However some people need the addition of the T3 hormone and find this medicine works the best for them. The two common names in USA for this are; Nature Thyroid and Armour
2) Pure Synthetic T4 medication. Goes by a few common names such as synthroid or Levvothyroxine. This is a pharmaceutical produced man made hormone which is identical to the chemical in natural hormone. However it is pure T4 with no T3 hormone component. This is probably the most common Dr' prescribed medicine for Hypothyroid. You have to wait about 6 weeks or so for this to work and show up in bloodstream. So a good practice is for you to start with a small dose and keep getting tested every 6 weeks or so and adjusting the dosage up until you are relieved of symptoms and also confirmed by blood tests. There is also a liquid gelcap medicine called I think Triosint. This does not have powder fillers which some people have reactions to with other T4 medication and also seems to be absorbed more easily or efficiently than the generic T4 meds. I've also heard it is more expensive.
The final general way is a T3 medication. This is usually not prescribed by itself. rather it is usually is an additive medication to a pure T4 medication to give that additional T3 hormone. Your body ONLY uses T3 hormone. The T4 has to be converted by your body (mostly in the liver) into T3 to ultimately be used. This is why taking T4 med you have to wait so long for it to build up and equalize out to allow for this conversion to stabilize. T3 on the other hand is IMMEDIATELY available for use. So taking it only for a few days can have an effect on the Free T3 levels. It is usually given to people who have a conversion problem. That is for people who's body's don't convert T4 into T3 efficiently and therefore need an additional aid. It can also be given to people who are on natural dissected Thyroid med and yet still need more T3 than what is naturally offered in the natural dissected. The most common name used in the USA for a T3 medication is Cytomel.
However There are many more different names etc. Like I said the most common practice is for a Dr to prescribe a pure synthetic T4 medication.
The more definitive tests are the FREE (as opposed to TOTAL) Free T4 and Free T3. Generally people seem to feel symptom relief when their FREE T4is in the MIDDLE of the reference range AND (that means in addition to) their FREE T3 is in the UPPER 1/3 of the range. Simply being somewhere within range is NOT sufficient to feel well for most people. Although Dr's will often not believe this. In addition some Dr's do not believe in any testing beyond TSH. If your Dr. is like this RUN, don't walk away to find another Dr.
That being said a TSH of 8.9 would indicate a low Thyroid or Hypo condition. The only real solution to this is to add Thyroid by medication.
Which medication works depends upon many things and some people can tolerate some medicines while others can't.
Please post your blood lab results if you have any in addition to the TSH. And it is very important to also include the reference ranges which are usually shown in parenthesis after your test results as different labs use different reference ranges.
There are three basic paths of medicines.
1) Natural Dissected Thyroid. This is natural thyroid from pigs and I think is about 80% T4 hormone and 20% T3 hormone. Many Dr's don't like this as they believe the dosage is irregular due to the fact that it is a natural source. However some people need the addition of the T3 hormone and find this medicine works the best for them. The two common names in USA for this are; Nature Thyroid and Armour
2) Pure Synthetic T4 medication. Goes by a few common names such as synthroid or Levvothyroxine. This is a pharmaceutical produced man made hormone which is identical to the chemical in natural hormone. However it is pure T4 with no T3 hormone component. This is probably the most common Dr' prescribed medicine for Hypothyroid. You have to wait about 6 weeks or so for this to work and show up in bloodstream. So a good practice is for you to start with a small dose and keep getting tested every 6 weeks or so and adjusting the dosage up until you are relieved of symptoms and also confirmed by blood tests. There is also a liquid gelcap medicine called I think Triosint. This does not have powder fillers which some people have reactions to with other T4 medication and also seems to be absorbed more easily or efficiently than the generic T4 meds. I've also heard it is more expensive.
The final general way is a T3 medication. This is usually not prescribed by itself. rather it is usually is an additive medication to a pure T4 medication to give that additional T3 hormone. Your body ONLY uses T3 hormone. The T4 has to be converted by your body (mostly in the liver) into T3 to ultimately be used. This is why taking T4 med you have to wait so long for it to build up and equalize out to allow for this conversion to stabilize. T3 on the other hand is IMMEDIATELY available for use. So taking it only for a few days can have an effect on the Free T3 levels. It is usually given to people who have a conversion problem. That is for people who's body's don't convert T4 into T3 efficiently and therefore need an additional aid. It can also be given to people who are on natural dissected Thyroid med and yet still need more T3 than what is naturally offered in the natural dissected. The most common name used in the USA for a T3 medication is Cytomel.
However There are many more different names etc. Like I said the most common practice is for a Dr to prescribe a pure synthetic T4 medication.
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