How to control Thyroid in a man?

My TSH is 5.74 and free T3 is 1.53 and Free T4 is 1.08. Should I start medicine or control it by naturally? What are dos and donots.How to control Thyroid in a man?
Your TSH level is slightly high. But your Free T4 is normal. So it is better to wait for 3 to 6 months and repeat your TSH and Free T4 before deciding to take medicine.


There are a lot of factors which can affect the Thyroid function tests. It is better to consult an Endocrinologist for better advice. You will need a full evaluation by a doctor for correct interpretation of the results. Don't rely on advice from internet for these problems.


The following site may help but get professional advice.


http://thyroid.about.com/library/howto/h鈥?/a>How to control Thyroid in a man?
There are two different glands that make two different


hormones...the pituitary gland in the brain and the


thyroid gland located in the neck.





TSH is a Thyroid Stimulating Hormone that the


pituitary gland in the brain will make more of if


there isn't enough thyroid hormone, known as


thyroxine being made, in the blood. It actually


stimulates the Thyroid hormone to make more.





T4 is changed to T3, so the body can use it


to control our metabolism. These are the


thyroxine hormones the thyroid gland makes.


(your free T4 levels seems to be in normal range)





It is like a balancing act. If the TSH levels


are higher in the blood, then the Thyroid hormone


is lower in the blood. If the Thyroid hormone is


higher in the blood, then the TSH levels are lower


in the blood.





However, each hormone has a certain range to


be in the blood that is considered to be a normal range.





Your TSH level is slightly higher ';than normal'; and


your Free T3 level is slightly lower than ';normal range';.


Therefore, you ';may' have hypothyroidism.


[This is not certain without looking at the range level


on the results of your lab work, as different labs can


have different ranges they considered to be in normal


range].





This is something that your doctor should handle.


The doctor will give you medication to try and replace


the thyroid hormone that is missing in your body.


He will take blood tests to determine that these levels


are within the normal range and it may take time to


adjust the medications specifically to your bodies needs.


He may just take blood tests again to be sure of the


accuracy of the first blood test showing this, as no


blood testing is 100% accurate, as many things can


effect these tests. In Thyroid tests, being under alot


of stress or being sick can have an effect on the


tests results.





I hope this has been of some help to you.


Here are a couple of links, you can click on,


to learn more about the thyroid:


http://www.allthyroid.org/disorders/inde鈥?/a>


http://www.thyroidmanager.org/
Hi, Kansal,





From your TSH, you are HYPO. Your FT3 should OPTIMALLY be at the HIGH end of the ';normal range'; and your FT4 at least mid range.





You may be iodine deficient which affects your thyroid.





Get a prescription for the meds first of all so you have them if your supplementation trial does not work enough.





If I had your lab results I would start on Iodoral or it's equivalent and read up on what works in concert with it.





Track your dates and symptoms and what you took. IF after 2 weeks MAX, my symptoms remained or got worse I'd get on the meds in addition to the supplements.





I take ATP CoFactors, Vit C, Magnesium (NOT the Oxide version) Selenium, Tyrosine and the Iodoral and others.





I ignorantly let them con me into nuking my thyroid for Grave's Disease and am hypo and am on Nature-Throid which is natural but must still be prescribed.





Synthroid did bad things to me and is only T4 anyway. Your thyroid and NatureThroid have T4, T3, T2, T1 and Calcitonin.





NatureThroid is considered the generic hypo-allergenic equivalent of Armour Thyroid which is listed in the PDR (Physician's Desk Reference and is USP Certified.


http://www.optimox.com/pics/Iodine/IOD-0鈥?/a>


http://www.curesnaturally.com/Articles/M鈥?/a>


http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/mer鈥?/a>


http://www.usdoctor.com/thyroid.htm


http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/sit鈥?/a>





Knowledge is power :)





-Katz