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Need labs?

Here is a map of may labs you need as a thyroid and adrenal patient.

Thyroid Panel without AntibodiesHere are labs you can order yourself. Except in: New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Rhode Island, or outside the USA.

ZRT 4-Part Saliva Cortisol Test

Note: For cortisol test, you must be caffeine and progesterone cream/pill free for several days. Freezing the samples and shipping overnight with an ice pack highly recommended.

Thyroid panel 9 Tests including TPO/TGAB antibodies

Thyroid Panel without Antibodies

Thyroid Panel without Antibodies or Reverse T3

Comprehensive (includes Graves)

Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) and Folate Panel, Serum

Iron, Magnesium, Zinc, Copper

Vitamin D, 1,25-Dihydroxy, LC/MS/MS

Above is the Active form of Vitamin D, Calcitrol

Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy, Total, Immunoassay

Above is Storage value for Vitamin D

H4H – Vitamin D Panel

Contains Storage D (25), Active D or Calcitrol (1,25), and Ionized Calcium

Zinc, RBC

Adrenal Complete

Note: I recommend you use the ZRT test above because the saliva test with this panel is not very good with the ranges.

Liver Health Basic

Thyroid and Diabetes

24-Hour Iodine loading test

Selenium RBC

Aldosterone 24-hour urine

Note: for aldosterone, go low salt for 3 days for best results.

Selenium-A Miracle for the Thyroid

Before supplementing, get a Selenium RBC test.

If you have auto-immune thyroid problems, you need to look into Selenium. Particularly if you have Hashimoto’s thryroiditis, Graves, hypothyroidism, or swollen thyroid, nodules, goiter, etc.

What does Selenium do? It helps protect the thyroid from excess iodine, and helps convert thyroid hormone T4 into the active hormone T3, and helps keep the antibodies and Reverse T3 down. What is Reverse T3? To put it in layman’s terms, “defective copies” or “decoys”.

What are some symptoms of low free T3 and high reverse T3? Hair loss and dry hair, dry skin, gum problems, constipation, fatigue, brain fog, and weight gain to name a few pesky ones.

So where should our lab results be? And here is where it gets tricky. Unless you insist on these tests, your doctor may only test your TSH which doesn’t tell you much, if anything about what needs to happen with your thyroid treatment.

Here are some recommended labs and ranges:

Selenium also helps the special natural killer cells, which are the cells that can kill cancer and other pathogens.

Need labs?

Sources:
https://chriskresser.com/selenium-the-missing-link-for-treating-hypothyroidism/
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ije/2017/1297658/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HypothyroidismAdviceAndSupport/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HealingSolutionsThyroid/

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