A TSH blood test can be done quickly by health care professionals, and is used to identify abnormal hormone levels in the blood. Abnormal levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone might indicate a thyroid problem. High TSH levels typically indicate hypothyroidism, which means thethyroid glandis underacti...
Pooling means your free T3 isn’t making it well to your cells, and instead, is hanging out in your blood, going higher and higher as you raise your T3-containing thyroid medication, whether you use synthetic T3, or the T3 in a working desiccated thyroid. Why does pooling happen? Pooling...
T4 is one of two mainthyroidhormones, the other being triiodothyronine (referred to as T3). These two hormones are thethyroid gland’s main players; when you are healthy, they work together in balance and harmony. Both T3 and T4 are controlled by two other hormones. The first is the thyr...
The graphical user interface iSpin can be setup to work properly on any Windows PC. Spin relies on the standard C preprocessor to be available in /lib/cpp on Unix systems, or as a plain command cpp on PCs. If the name or location of the preprocessor is different, you can either hard...
No one single laboratory test is 100% accurate in diagnosing all types ofthyroiddisease; however, a combination of two or more tests can usually detect even the slightest abnormality of thyroid function. For example, a low T4 level could mean a diseasedthyroid glandor a non-functioning pituitary...
After adequate treatment of the heart failure, the patient is doing well. 3.2. Case Series: Overtreatment 3.2.1. Case 4: Hypersexuality in a Patient with Cockayne Syndrome A 20-year-old male with Cockayne syndrome was referred to our MOPC because of hypersexual behavior. The patient was on ...
If a TSH test result is unexpected, simply repeating the test is often the best course of action. Errors can occur during the blood draw, in transcribing the results, or due to mix-ups in the lab. Statistically, there is always a risk of lab error, and results should always be interpre...
No one single laboratory test is 100% accurate in diagnosing all types ofthyroiddisease; however, a combination of two or more tests can usually detect even the slightest abnormality of thyroid function. For example, a low T4 level could mean a diseasedthyroid glandor a non-functioning pituitary...
19 new COVID cases have been identified in Somers as of April 1st. There are currently 142 active COVID cases in the Somers community. What is going on Somers? Our new cases continue to increase at a time when more residents are being vaccinated. Are we not practicing mask wearing, socia...
The use of pedicle screw fixation to improve correction in the lumbar spine of patients with idiopathic scoliosis: is it warranted? Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1996;21:1241–1249. Hassan E, Liau KM, Ariffin I, Halim Yusof A. Internal morphometry of thoracic pedicles in the immature spine. ...