Posted by Spriggy on April 8, 2005, at 13:19:09
In reply to Re: My latest TSH level Spriggy and Maxime, posted by ladyofthelamp on April 8, 2005, at 13:15:15
Okay, DR. Bob, I don't know if this is against some rule to copy and paste or not so if it, delete me and forgive me. I repent ahead of time if I am committing some sin here.
But this is what I just found:What is a “Normal” TSH Level?
In the United States, most laboratories have as the normal TSH reference range from approximately 0.5 to 5.5. Yet, in early 2001, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) made what constituted a fairly dramatic reversal of its previous doctrine, stating that a "Even though a TSH level between 3.0 and 5.0 uU/ml is in the normal range, it should be considered suspect since it may signal a case of evolving thyroid underactivity."
A groundbreaking study published in the February 2002 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism examined levels of undiagnosed thyroid disease in different U.S. populations between 1988 and 1994. In addition to discovering that nearly five percent of Americans suffer from often undiagnosed thyroid disease, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report on the National Health and Nutritional Survey (NHANES) found that among the disease-free population (those who did not have any presence of thyroid antibodies, or diagnosed thyroid disease), the mean TSH level was 1.5. This finding could bolster the assertions of some practitioners and many patients that the optimal TSH levels are between 1 and 2, and that levels above that may in fact represent an abnormality. It certainly points up the need to reconsider the basis for most U.S. labs measuring hypothyroidism as only at levels of approximately 5.0 and above.
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So if I am at a 5 (as the ER doctor states) than according to this, it could indicate HYPOthyroid. Yet my doctor keeps saying he suspects I am HYPER because I am losing weight, staying hot and sweaty, etc..
Could I possibly be going in between to the two?
Can someone be hypo and hyper?
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