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Stopped Taking Thyroxine. Doing Yoga And Eating Healthy Diet. Is My Thyroid Level Normal?
Dear Doctor,
I was detected with hypothyroidism 4 years back after having jaundice and measeles when my resistence deteriorated. I was under thyroid medication thyroxine 100 mg dialy 1tablet in morning.
For the past 1 year, I discontinued taking medicines as I read in few sites that taking thyroid supplements will not aid in improving the gland and merely serves as replacement. I started practising yoga daily for thyroid and eating healthy foods. I took thyoid blood tests and the results were
Free T3 (Serum/CMIA) 2.46 normal range is:1.71 - 3.70 pg/ml
Free T4 (Serum/CMIA) 0.54 normal range is0.89 - 1.76 ng/dl
T S H (Serum/CMIA) 85.28 normal range is0.35 - 5.50 µIU/ml (Please correlate clinically
Cross reacting antibodies present in the patient`s serum may cause interference with the readings of TSH resulting in false high or low values.)
DHEAS (Serum/CMIA) 131 normal range : 25 - 34 yrs : 95.8 - 511.7 µg/dl
Could you please advice. TSH is abnormally high whereas T3,T4 are somewhat normal /
I was detected with hypothyroidism 4 years back after having jaundice and measeles when my resistence deteriorated. I was under thyroid medication thyroxine 100 mg dialy 1tablet in morning.
For the past 1 year, I discontinued taking medicines as I read in few sites that taking thyroid supplements will not aid in improving the gland and merely serves as replacement. I started practising yoga daily for thyroid and eating healthy foods. I took thyoid blood tests and the results were
Free T3 (Serum/CMIA) 2.46 normal range is:1.71 - 3.70 pg/ml
Free T4 (Serum/CMIA) 0.54 normal range is0.89 - 1.76 ng/dl
T S H (Serum/CMIA) 85.28 normal range is0.35 - 5.50 µIU/ml (Please correlate clinically
Cross reacting antibodies present in the patient`s serum may cause interference with the readings of TSH resulting in false high or low values.)
DHEAS (Serum/CMIA) 131 normal range : 25 - 34 yrs : 95.8 - 511.7 µg/dl
Could you please advice. TSH is abnormally high whereas T3,T4 are somewhat normal /
Fri, 12 Apr 2013
Hi Sree
Since you are known to have hypothyroidism on replacement with this TSH values I would advice you to continue you thyroid medication. Yes it is not a treatment of the core problem but replacement of thyroid , but that is the treatment of this disease ! In endocrinology most of the hormonal disease are treated in this way , if the hormone is deficient it is replaced, like say a type 1 diabetic doesn't produce insulin, we give him insulin and so on.
Please dont read half baked knowledge on internet. Please consult a good doctor personally for proper advice. With your TSH report , you do need to continue your thyroid meds. Yoga etc are good for health too and must be continued with your medications.
Hope this helps
Regards
Dr. Om Lakhani
Since you are known to have hypothyroidism on replacement with this TSH values I would advice you to continue you thyroid medication. Yes it is not a treatment of the core problem but replacement of thyroid , but that is the treatment of this disease ! In endocrinology most of the hormonal disease are treated in this way , if the hormone is deficient it is replaced, like say a type 1 diabetic doesn't produce insulin, we give him insulin and so on.
Please dont read half baked knowledge on internet. Please consult a good doctor personally for proper advice. With your TSH report , you do need to continue your thyroid meds. Yoga etc are good for health too and must be continued with your medications.
Hope this helps
Regards
Dr. Om Lakhani
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