Posted by Larry Hoover on October 30, 2004, at 9:58:07
In reply to Re: TSH levels and thyroid illness? » karaS, posted by raybakes on September 26, 2004, at 5:00:37
> Your neighbour could be borderline hashimoto's because the early stages of hashimoto's a lot of the thyroid hormones are normal. Also in the early stages of hashimoto's stress hormones are increased, so as long as the adrenals hold out, energy levels might be OK for a while. Looking at great smokies thyroid test, there are levels of thyroid antibodies that are within the normal range - does your neighbour know her levels?
Another issue with Hashimoto's is the controversial idea that it can remit. Yet another is that it involves different tissues in different ways, i.e. peripheral conversion of thyroid hormone may be unaffected (no symptoms of thyroid deficiency) while at the same time central regulation is out of control, i.e. hypothalamus and pituitary fail to sense true thyroid hormone concentration.
Managing thyroid problems is art, not science, IMHO.
Lar
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