Posted by Pandora on January 12, 2001, at 17:49:22
In reply to Re: Thyroid Levels... NOA !, posted by stjames on January 12, 2001, at 16:36:37
> > Noa (or anyone else who can provide information),
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> James here....
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> Noa has a lot of info on this subject at: http://www.egroups.com/links/psycho-babble-tipsP.S. Also, as you may already know, the relationship between a TSH level and the level of thyroid hormone in the body is an inverse relationship. The general lab guidelines for a "normal" TSH reading is .4-5.5 - if you are on the low end, you have a higher level of thyroid hormone in your body, and if your TSH is higher, you may have less thyroid hormone than you need. (there's a lot of research that suggests that while a TSH of 5.5 is "normal", anything over 2.0 should be investigated further if the person has sypmtoms of hypothyroidism since there is a chance they are "subclinically hypothyroid"... many of these people respond well to treatment even though they aren't clinically out of the normal range.
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