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What does a thyroid stimulating hormone do?
What does a thyroid stimulating hormone do?
What does a thyroid stimulating hormone do?
TSH (Thyroid stimulating hormone) tells your thyroid how much thyroid hormone it needs to make. If the thyroid hormone levels in your blood are too low, your pituitary gland makes larger amounts of TSH to tell your thyroid to work harder.
Last updated on 12 Dec 2024
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Why do some thyroid problems go undetected?
This is because thyroid problems get detected slowly and it may even take years for the symptoms to reappear
Last updated on 12 Dec 2024
What are the symptoms of thyroid levels reaching 15.5?
A TSH over 10 mIU/L has been linked to an increased risk of coronary heart disease and heart failure, which is why you' will probably want to seek treatment if your TSH is close to (but still under) that upper limit
Last updated on 12 Dec 2024
What does TSH 22 mean in regards to thyroid disorders?
Most labs say that a normal serum TSH level is somewhere between 0.4 to 4.0 mIU/L, and that a TSH level of 10 mIU/L or higher is indicative of hypothyroidism
Last updated on 12 Dec 2024
What does the thyroid gland do?
TSH (Thyroid stimulating hormone) tells your thyroid how much thyroid hormone it needs to make. If the thyroid hormone levels in your blood are too low, your pituitary gland makes larger amounts of TSH to tell your thyroid to work harder.
Last updated on 12 Dec 2024
THYROID PROFILE TOTAL (T3, T4, TSH)
TFT, Thyroid Profile Total, Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Total T3 Total T4
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