Nutritional Endocrinology Practitioner Training (NEPT)
Clinical Pearl
June 21st, 2015

Erratic Thyroid TSH

Since we’re doing the client thyroid class now, I thought I would share a thyroid tip.

I usually ask my clients to share their lab reports over the past several years so I can get a feel for what’s going on. I like to put them into the blood chemistry software and the spreadsheet to see the complete picture.

If the TSH is erratic – sometimes high, sometimes low – I become very suspicious of autoimmune thyroiditis.

Many doctors miss this.

Many quite famous and experienced doctors miss this.

You will not miss this.

Whenever I’ve seen this, the antibodies come back elevated, and if not they are positive for thyroid cysts.

And sometimes early Hashimoto’s shows up with hyperthyroid symptoms.

You already understand more about how the thyroid works and malfunctions than most of the Western medicine practitioners who believe that TSH is the only useful marker!