Thyroid stimulating hormone
A TSH test measures the amount of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in your blood. TSH is produced by the pituitary gland and tells the thyroid gland to make and release the hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3).
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A 32-year old asked:
What is thyroid stimulating hormone?
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A 40-year old asked:
Where is the thyroid-stimulating hormone produced?
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A 42-year old asked:
What happens when thyroid stimulating hormone goes up?
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A 39-year old asked:
What should not eat thyroid stimulating hormone is very high?
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A 46-year old asked:
What could cause a very low level of thyroid stimulating hormone?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Hello, Tests results showed Thyroid Stimulating Hormone as 0.33. Free Throyxine is 1.0. What does this mean?
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A 30-year old asked:
I Just got my thyroid stimulating hormone result back and it says value 4.491 and reference .440 - 4.210 what does it mean?
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A 37-year old asked:
Thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh) result is 25.09. Is that considered dangerous?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh) result is above 150 .Is that considered dangerous?
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A 16-year old asked:
Can you have a thyroid problem if you have a normal thyroid-stimulating hormone (tsh)?
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A 46-year old asked:
My thyroid stimulating hormone shows TSH 16.264. Do I need to increase or decrease the medicine dose?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Tsh thyroid stimulating hormone is 2.380 is that normal?I know it is suppost to be between 0.30 4.70 acceptable range but don't understand it still
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A 40-year old asked:
Is thyroid stimulating hormone related to probiotics?
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A 37-year old asked:
How does thyroid stimulating hormone affect sexual reproduction?
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A 36-year old asked:
How dangerous is a TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) level of 0.06 uu/ml?
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A 44-year old asked:
What is the normal level of thyroid-stimulating hormone (tsh) in the blood of a 40 year old male?
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A 25-year old male asked:
THESE ARE MY THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH) RESULTS CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THANK YOU MY VALUE 2.31 mcIU/mL STANDARD RANGE 0.35 - 4.00 mcIU/mL?
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A 27-year old female asked:
What doed it mean when my hemoglobin A1c is 5.2 and my thyroid stimulating hormone(T SH ) 0.973.thanks?
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A 36-year old asked:
How does prednisone changes or suppresses thyroid stimulating hormone?
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A 37-year old female asked:
I need to make a Thyroid-stimulating Hormone (TSH) and Free T4 test. How can I have it?
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A 24-year old male asked:
My thyroid-stimulating hormone 2.6 .Anti-thyroglobulin autoantibodies <30.Anti-thyroid <3.0 and I am over whight .Explansion ?
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A 48-year old asked:
What do you suggest if my thyroid stimulating hormone shows TSH 16 should I increase or decrease the thyroxine dose?
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A 26-year old male asked:
I'm 27 year old male with a thyroid stimulating hormone level of 3.92 miu/l and ft4 (free thyroxine) of 1.3 ng/dl. Do I have a thyroid problem?
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A 19-year old male asked about a 48-year old male:
My dad is worried because his Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (Serum) is High (5.370) but Free T4 (Serum) is within range (14.80). Please explain and help?
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A 41-year old asked:
My thyroid stimulating hormone is 6- and my doctor says I don't have hypothyroidism. How can this be?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Triiodothyronine : 0.76 ng/ml; thyroxine : 5.27 ; thyroid stimulating hormone : 1.15. Is this normal?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Ver the years my daughter has had some blood tests for her thyroid, her levels have read. 2012 Thyroid stimulating hormone 2.9 mu/l (0.40-4.00), + Anti-thyroid Peroxidase Ab 160u/ml ref (,60) 2013 + thyroid stimulating hormone 4.8mu/L (0.40-4.00)2014 thyr
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A 38-year old female asked:
38 year old female fatigue brittle hair and hair drop. Weak nails, peeling apart in layers. Did a thyroid stimulating hormone test and the number is on the very low side of normal (1.10 for last test) should I be worried about how low the number is?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Have brittle hair with hair loss, cold all the time, weak nails and a swelling in the neck. Family history of thyroid problems. Had thyroid stimulating hormone test several times and never tested higher than 1.10. Should I be worried?
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A 46-year old female asked:
What does thyroid hormone suppression involve?
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