Thyroid test results chart

After your blood test, it's natural to want to understand your results on your own or at least know what you're looking at, especially if you've gotten your results through a health portal before your doctor has looked at them. We'll break it down for you here, but you'll want to have a conversation with your doctor as well.

Do you have the feeling that your thyroid hormones may not be optimal even though they are normal? Does it make sense to you that each person might have a different optimal level? Or that maybe your genetics are playing a role in your thyroid function? If you answered yes then this article is for you! In it we will explore the idea of “normal thyroid levels” and “optimal thyroid levels” and how using the latter may help you feel better and reduce your symptoms. Let’s jump in: DOWNLOAD NOW The Difference Between “Optimal” and “Normal” Thyroid hormones, like other hormones in the body, exist on a spectrum. What this means is that your thyroid levels are not “black and white”. The amount of thyroid hormone that you need differs from the amount of thyroid hormone that someone else needs. So why do Doctors insist on following the reference ranges given by labs? To understand this you must understand how labs create these reference ranges. This is also the reason that each lab has different values for their tests! The actual lab values differ among populations, locations, and ethnicities. So how can we take something so complex and boil it down to simple reference range endocrinology? The practice of medicine that is relegated to numbers rather than symptoms and the clinical picture of the patient? Part of the reason has to do with how complex it would be to find the “perfect” dose for each patient, but just because it’s difficult doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be attempted. Because ...