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Thyroid and cholesterol issues
During a routine annual checkup my mom was detected with low thyroid and high cholesterol. Please see the reports attached.
When we went to doctor. He informed us that my mom needs to take thyroid medicine through out her life once she starts medication. I want to know if she really requires medication or can this much deviation be managed from diet. I want to inform that my mom has been taking black salt without iodine for the last one year.
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Your total cholesterol and LDL is High , fasting glucose is normal and minimal rise in post prandial glucose level.
As there are no results for T3 and T4, TSH level is above normal, difficult to interpret if it's overt hypothyroidism or subclinical hypothyroidism.
There's a definite relation between hypothyroidism and increased cholesterol levels.
At this stage diet modification and lifestyle modification plus exercising regularly will help to reduce the cholesterol level.
If she has started medicine for hypothyroidism it has to be taken daily . Thyroid normalisation will lower cholesterol levels.
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According to your sign and symptom you are suffering from some thyroid and cholesterol..
As you know that best treatment depend on the correct diagnosis and correct diagnosis depend on the complete history of the patient so please take consultation from a doctor and give complete history of the patient so that correct diagnosis will be make and then best treatment will be start
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Thyroid medication usually needs to be taken lifelong.however its quite safe.do not worry
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