Several years ago I did a full spectrum of blood tests. I remember they tested glucose, proteins, cholesterol, thyroid and related hormones etc… but what else usually goes into a battery of blood tests related to general health?

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I am 34 and was wondering what some of the symptoms of hypothyroidism are. My family has a history of slow thyroid and I was wondering if I should get tested? I heard there are several different blood tests to get, but many doctors only call for 1 or 2 and it is not a complete assessment if you don’t do all of them. Any info would be appreciated. Thank you.

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I am 77 years old,I had my thyroid gland totally removed.I was never put on any meds.I recently had tia’s and the doctor now says that I should take Synthroid.I have never had any symptoms of hypo or hyper.I can not afford to go get blood tests and scans
every 3 mos.

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My regular doctor has me on thyroid supplement for normal but low thyroid. My symptoms (normal body temperature but freezing all the time) are not helped. There are supposedly thyroid problems that are not detected by regular blood tests. What type of doctor does the more involved thyroid testing?

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If they are untreated for a maximum of 20 years, or even longer. Can you die from the condition? Like thyroid Cancer or something? What happens if it is left untreated??? I highly suspect I have it and have to wait another week for blood tests, I cannot take it.

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I have all the symptoms of hypothyroidism including extreme cold intolerance, but my blood tests are normal. Doctors have refused to prescribe thyroid medicines for me.

I have two friends who take synthroid for hypothyroidism even though they don’t have any symptoms at all.

Can you have hypothyroidism even if your blood tests are normal?

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2-3 months ago my mom had a partial thyroidectomy done and now she has extremely high blood pressure, today the doctor put her on high blood pressure meds and did blood tests to see what kind of supplements to put her on, is this normal to develop high blood pressure from the thyroid not functioning right?

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My dog has low thyroid and I was just wondering what he felt. The vet was amazed at the results of several blood tests, because he didn’t exhibit the typical signs of lethargy and obesity.

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I’m getting a blood test tomorrow for my thyroid gland and my doctor decided this after he diagnosed that I had a slight form of depression. Just wondering if the thyroid gland has anything to do with depression.

Oh and before you say anything to encourage me about blood tests, i’ve done it before, nearly passed out, but this time i’ll do fine with it.

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I had the Flu last Novemember and have had chronic fatigue since. I have had two blood tests that point to Hypothyrodism. I haven’t started on meds for it yet because I have also developed serious allergies/allergy-related asthma and I am trying to get that under control first (also started after the flu and thought the chest pain was fatigue related and only after 9mos of complaining, my doctor finally got a clue). I have not had any weight gain so far but I’ve been told that it happens if the problems with the thyroid go undiagnoised long enough. My only concern about this is because a few of the women in my family have been over weight and it has been such a struggle for them for so many years. I am already struggling with debiltating fatigue and allergies I’m not sure I want to add trying to loose weight to the mix either. What has your experience with hypothyroidism and wieght gain/trying to loose the weight been? Any advice?

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