What Does My Thyroid Test Report Indicate?

Posted on Fri, 19 Jun 2015

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Question : i have a thyroid problem on tablets at the moment and a blood test every 6 weeks this test has come back a ft4 of 21.7 and atsh of7.05 on125mcg of thyroid the tsh is mildly elevated t4 is at the upper end i am in XXXXXXX my blood goes to craigavon hospitial but they have told me my next lot off blood is going to belfast and lothian in scotland what does it meen as i amm worried it is going across the water

Answered by Dr. Binu Parameswaran Pillai (25 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Ignore the current TSH

Detailed Answer:
Good day,
Noted your concern
Your TSH is on the higher side, which means that you may have to slightly modify the dose if the repeat TSH next time is on the higher side. For now, i would say, to ignore the TSH. Beacuse your Free T4 is excellent.

Laboratories often send the samples overseas and there is no need to worry about it. I feel they may be also checking for some special tests like thyroid antibodies and these tests may not be available at your local hospital.
Regards
Binu

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar