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Hi i just got my tsh levels back and there reading 71.35, my dr. said this is bizzare and must be an error on the labs part he said it's 14 normal?

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Dr. David Lipkin answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Not necessarily so.: Normal TSH in SI units is 0.4-6.0. A TSH of 71.35 is quite high but not unusually so in a patient with primary hypothyroidism. You should be experiencing some symptoms of hypothyroidism at this point: fatigue, cold intolerance, weight gain, constipation, dry skin, myalgia, and menstrual irregularities. If your T4 or Free Thyroxine is low then the TSH is not an error......... http://bit.ly/1hKZ4wy

Answered 8/27/2015

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