Did you know that healthcare practitioners will often only use serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels as a diagnostic marker of thyroid health? However, TSH levels often show in the normal range despite the presence of significant hypothyroidism.
As TSH is not an accurate measure of thyroid hormone levels, it is recommended to use a combination of diagnostics, including case history, signs and symptoms, blood work other than just TSH, basal metabolic temperature and physical examinations. Assessments, such as basal temperature charting can often identify thyroid dysfunction even before blood test results fall out of normal ranges.
The FIVE necessary diagnostics for thyroid assessment are… continue reading >>
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PDF Article includes diagram of “Conditions that cause low cellular T3 (hypothyroidism) not detected by TSH levels” as referenced at the Endocrine Masterclass.
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