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How To Chek For Hypothyroidism?
Question: I have symptoms of hypothyroidism, but my tsh is 1.6. Do I need to get the other thyroid test?
Brief Answer:
need other testing
Detailed Answer:
Hi ,
TSH alone cannot totally describe the thyroid status of your body. You also need T3T4 fT3 and fT4 for a good understanding of the problem and to say whether there is thyroid problem in you or not.
Thyroid disease symptoms match many other diseases like depression, heart failure, pcod , etc.
so you need to undertake all the above mentioned thyroid tests to rule out thyroid disease
need other testing
Detailed Answer:
Hi ,
TSH alone cannot totally describe the thyroid status of your body. You also need T3T4 fT3 and fT4 for a good understanding of the problem and to say whether there is thyroid problem in you or not.
Thyroid disease symptoms match many other diseases like depression, heart failure, pcod , etc.
so you need to undertake all the above mentioned thyroid tests to rule out thyroid disease
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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