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What Do These TSH Reading During Pregnancy Indicate?

my wife is in 12th week of pregnency and is on thyronorm 75 mg since last 4 month. yesterday she did a TSH test in fasting , but she took her thyronorm 75 mg at 6 am and blood sample was taken at 8.30 am . now the test reports showing level of TSH as 8.3 . is there any reason to worry ?. or the levels are higher just because the test was done during fasting.
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Hi
Thanks for posting your query.

Well the thyroid test is always done in fasting condition.

But a value of 8.3 is high. A high TSH value during pregnancy could affect mental growth of the baby.

So my recommendation is to increase the dose of Thyronorm to 100mcg and repeat TSH after 4/weeks .

Hope this information was useful to you.
Any clarification feel free to ask.

Regards.
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What Do These TSH Reading During Pregnancy Indicate?

Hi Thanks for posting your query. Well the thyroid test is always done in fasting condition. But a value of 8.3 is high. A high TSH value during pregnancy could affect mental growth of the baby. So my recommendation is to increase the dose of Thyronorm to 100mcg and repeat TSH after 4/weeks . Hope this information was useful to you. Any clarification feel free to ask. Regards.