Guest guest Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 Hi all, The unfortunate thing about thyroid testing with a standard blood draw is that (like all hormones), the " normal range " is just entirely too broad. Many of the midlife women I work with have thyroid issues. They can have ever single symptom of hypothyroidism and still have the results returned " within the normal range " . Listen to your body, not ONLY test results! Or, if you want an accurate result, try saliva testing instead of a blood draw. Michelle > I've heard the same as you of fish oil. Another thing may be to get > your thyroid levels checked. It's not something that seems a common > test in the human world, but with dogs, high triglycerides can mean > hypothyroidism. > > (Hold on) I just looked it up and here it is: > In human patients with full-blown hypothyroidism, serum levels of > triglycerides, total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) > cholesterol are elevated. In patients with subclinical hypothyroidism, > not surprisingly, the same changes are present but are less marked and > less consistent. This pattern of lipid abnormalities, of course, is > important because it is a risk factor for atherosclerotic > cardiovascular disease. Some studies,12,13 but not others,10 have > shown a decrease in LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol levels after > treatment with levothyroxine (Levoxyl, Levothroid, Synthroid). > > > SO it's odd to me that M.D.'s don't automatically check thyroid in > most case (instead of putting someone meds). > This info's been out for quite while, look at the date in the link: > http://www.aafp.org/afp/980215ap/adlin.html > > > > > -Michele > > > > > > , " martiunderwood " > <martiunderwood@> wrote: > > > > Help I have very High Cholestrol and Triglyceirds levels. Anyone out > > there have an idea how I can lower these. I have another blood check > > in a month and I am wanting to lower these fast. Fish oil I know but > > how much and will red wine help? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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