Here's a dirty little secret most doctors won’t discuss. When a medical test is done, any result within a wide range is deemed normal. The thyroid could be barely functioning at 30% efficiency, but tests will say that’s fine. . Well, it’s not fine. And you have the problems to...
“Now, follow me on this. Who goes to labs to get tested? Sick people. If a lab creates its “normal” range based on test results from sick people, is that really a normal range? Does that tell us anything about what the range should be for health? (For more on the problems with...
“Now, follow me on this. Who goes to labs to get tested?Sick people. If a lab creates its “normal” range based on test results from sick people, is that really a normal range? Does that tell us anything about what the range should be forhealth? (For more on the problems with ...
After the test results were in, Dr. Clayman called me himself with the results, a plan of action, and assurance that all would be okay. A month later, I had full thyroidectomy to remove my papillary thyroid cancer. In addition to removing my thyroid, he took the time to check the ...
Results: We present a view at the molecular level of the normal human thyroid histology and physiology obtained by a systematic meta-analysis of all the available gene expression profiles for the whole organ. A quantitative transcriptome reference map was generated by using the TRAM (Transcriptome ...
“This is a hellish disease. You have to find another person living with it to know you’re alone. It is also expensive to treat. You do a blood test every month or three months and buy daily medicines,” she says. Jacque Gachoka, 35, hypothyroidism ...
When you’re looking at individuals, they have done a lot of math on this. You have to test someone over 200 times to be within even 80% confidence of their status. One test tells you pretty much zero. There is so much variability. That’s even for a 24-hour urine or a spot ...
Doctors can be ridiculously frustrating for us as thyroid patients. A large percentage Endocrinologists, for example, usually get an F on their report cards by thyroid patients for simply being obsessed with Synthroid/levothyroxine and the TSH lab test. So use this page to find a much better do...
at hospital with heart beating so hard ,, bad,, Dr said my test was almost normal and bp went down,, well needless to say i made app and told her either I get back on NT or I go to another Dr who will help me get back to normal,, She gave me 48 mg NT and BP med and a...
Results of an ACTH response test revealed normal basal plasma cortisol concentration with a suppressed response to stimulation. Plasma endogenous ACTH concentration was below the reference range and results of a high-dose dexamethasone suppression test showed lack of suppression of plasma cortisol, both ...