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Thyroid issues
How would I know that I don't need to be on thyroid medications anymore?
I am doing regular yoga, weight around 55kgs and height 5.1 fts.
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Get thyroid profile testing done
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Get your thyroid function first
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If it is hypothyroidism u should continue the medicine as prescribed by your doctor.. test yr thyroid profile according to that doctor have to adjust the dose
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Get your Fasting thyroid profile done and revert
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If you are a diagnosed hypothyroid then you need to be on thyroid medication for life long.
If you have a thyroiditis, then you may be on hypothyroid for a brief period of time for which you need to take thyroid medication till that period is tide over.
Now, it's your physician who has to decide whether it's chronic hypothyroidism or transient hypothyroidism developed due to thyroiditis.
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Hypothyroidism is an auto immune disease and once properly diagnosed than majority of the time patient has to take medication lifelong and further course of treatment basically depends on what where the TSH levels when it was diagnosed
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