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I had a thyroid with tsh level of 12 subsequently i had malaria and the level fell to 5 now after an year its 17 did that drop happend bcoz of malaria?

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TSH levels: Tsh is affected by a number of factors apart from thyroid the levels you report are within limits of variability not detecting fluctuations of disease state establish a dose of lthyroxine to keep TSH between 1 to 2.

Answered 6/10/2014

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