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How To Chek For Hypothyroidism?

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Posted on Fri, 30 May 2014
Question: I have symptoms of hypothyroidism, but my tsh is 1.6. Do I need to get the other thyroid test?
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Answered by Dr. Vaddadi Suresh (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
need other testing

Detailed Answer:
Hi ,
TSH alone cannot totally describe the thyroid status of your body. You also need T3T4 fT3 and fT4 for a good understanding of the problem and to say whether there is thyroid problem in you or not.
Thyroid disease symptoms match many other diseases like depression, heart failure, pcod , etc.
so you need to undertake all the above mentioned thyroid tests to rule out thyroid disease
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Vaddadi Suresh (47 minutes later)
Thanks!
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Answered by Dr. Vaddadi Suresh (4 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
welcome.

Detailed Answer:
welcome.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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How To Chek For Hypothyroidism?

Brief Answer: need other testing Detailed Answer: Hi , TSH alone cannot totally describe the thyroid status of your body. You also need T3T4 fT3 and fT4 for a good understanding of the problem and to say whether there is thyroid problem in you or not. Thyroid disease symptoms match many other diseases like depression, heart failure, pcod , etc. so you need to undertake all the above mentioned thyroid tests to rule out thyroid disease