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Thyroidism to my Wife
Hello Doctor,
I had a baby this month and during my wife's pregnancy we found that she is having thyroid issue.We have taken local doctors advise and started taking PTU.I am writing down her thyroid test values from December 2017 till April 2018 and her reports values continuously carries.I am confuse that what type of thyroid she is having.And what step we should take to cure her problem.
*1st report 15th Dec 2017
T3-2.17 nmol/L
T4-99.82 nmol/L
TSH-0.10 ulU/ml
*2nd report 14 Jan 2018
T3-2.60 nmol/l
T4-186.88 nmol/l
TSH-0.33 mlU/ml
*3rd report 16 Feb 2018
T3-2.24 nmol/l
T4-155.61 nmol/l
TSH-0.26 mlU/ml
*4th report 19 March 2018
T3-1.96 nmol/l
T4-96.92 nmol/l
TSH-0.870 uIU/ml
*5th report 19 April 2018
Note-Around more then half month she has stopped taking PTU till this report due to delivery.
T3-1.83 nmol/L
T4-137.80 nmol/L
TSH-0.110 uIU/ml
Can you please advise what type of thyroid she is having and what we need to do further please.
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Dr. Vinay S Bhat
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
15 yrs exp
Bangalore
Thyroid hormone requirement during pregnancy increased and it is common to see hypothyroidism in pregnancy. After delivery usually levels will get back to normal. Since she was on thyroid hormone replacement medicines and stopped recently TSH levels have decreased. It may take atleast 45 days for TSH levels to settle down. So she needs to get TSH levels after a month and probably TSH levels will come back to normal
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