A member asked:

What is the normal range of variation for tsh between blood tests taken throughout the year for a person not on any meds?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Normal is normal: Normal runs 0.5-4.5miu/ml approximately. Some argue that normals should be adjusted to 0.4-2.5 miu/ml. Everyone varies a little and there is always laboratory variation. As long as you are not clearly trending and don't have high levels of associated thryoid antibodies i wouldn't worry about what is probably normal variation.

Answered 9/28/2016

5.4k views

Thank

<10%: Tsh is secreted by the pituitary gland as a stimulator of thyroid hormone production. Depending on your thyroid gland function, the TSH value will be reciprocally elevated or decreased. It is a servo mechanism: TSH does down when T4 or T3 (liothyronine) is up. It is a constant fine tuning. But, in general, it does not alter more than 10% during a year.

Answered 1/15/2015

5.4k views

Thank

Related Questions

Sponsored Content
HealthTap Medical Group does not endorse products or services. Sponsored content revenues support our mission to make health information free and accessible to all.Learn more