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Can you treat underactive thyroid through diet (vs rx or to delay rx)? my tsh was 5.9 mlu/l. at what point do you consider treatment?

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No: If you have Hypothyroidism you will need supplemental thyroid. Will need to know FT4 also to make the diagnosis

Dr Hegab agreed

Answered 2/6/2017

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