Advice on thyroid blood results.
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:22 pm
I was diagnosed with being hyperthyroid after 2 years of being told my TSH was normal. I have since found out that my TSH has been suppressed for about 3 years so I was sub-clinical but the Doctors didn't tell me this until recently. I started to lose a lot of hair in May of 2010 and feel generally unwell and my nails started to lift off the nail beds which I found out was a sign of thyroid disease so I went back to the GP again who did TSH test which came back as 0.02 but they didn't do any further tests just told me I was probably perimenopausal. Finally in May 2011 saw a different Doctor who took me seriously and did a full thryoid test which came back as TSH 0.02 T4 40 T3 16. During this time I have lost about 50% of my hair and my nails have become very brittle. I am now unmedicated and have "normal" blood results for the last 3 months.
My last result was TSH 0.01 T4 13.7 T3 4 but I am still losing hair and my nails are still brittle. My question is will my hair and nails eventually return to normal?
My last result was TSH 0.01 T4 13.7 T3 4 but I am still losing hair and my nails are still brittle. My question is will my hair and nails eventually return to normal?