Sometimes you can hear the lamentations of people, most often women, who have been prescribed a blood test for thyroid hormone. Usually it sounds like this: “All doctors are reinsurers! I feel fine, I just work a lot, so there is fatigue.” Another echoes: “Stupidity!”, while she gets irritated over trifles, often cries, looks for the cause of her condition in the indifference and callousness of others. “They
treat the wrong!” - picks up the third. They are unaware that mood swings, fatigue, malfunctions of internal organs - all this indicates that the thyroid gland is disrupted. Therefore, an examination is necessary.
The thyroid gland is an important part of the human endocrine system. It produces hormones that regulate the functioning of the nervous and immune systems, supplies the substances necessary for the functioning of the brain. And it also depends on normalcondition of the urinary system. Women suffering from mastopathy notice that when they visit a mammologist, they are immediately sent for a blood test for thyroid hormone.
Problems in the functioning of the thyroid gland are mainly caused by a lack or excess of iodine in the human body. In our country, you can count on one hand the places where this chemical element is in abundance, that is, we are all at risk. Therefore, if the doctor ordered a blood test for thyroid hormone, do not delay.
It is naive to think that iodized s alt, which is sold in the store, can fill this gap. The fact is that during long-term storage, iodine is destroyed by itself, and even more so during heat treatment. Sea s alt can help, and then only if you season salads with it. Unfortunately, sea s alt is expensive in our country, and not everyone can afford fresh vegetables all the time either. There are drugs with active iodine, this is a way out, but only for he althy people. So if there are suspicions, a blood test for thyroid hormone is definitely needed. After receiving the results and analyzing them, the doctor will decide whether prophylactic drugs are enough or whether serious therapy should be started.
Now let's figure out what thyroid hormones are.
- TSH, the norm of which is 0.4-4.0 mU/l. This is an abbreviation of the name "thyroid-stimulating hormone or thyrotropin", this hormone regulates the pituitary gland.
- Triiodothyronine (T3) - responsible for oxygen metabolism in tissues (2, 6 - 5, 7pmol/L).
- Thyroxine (T4) - protein synthesis (9, 0-22, 0 pmol/l).
A blood test for thyroid hormones also shows the presence of antibodies to thyroglobulin and thyroid peroxidase. These data must be known in order not to immediately panic. And in any case, only a doctor can do a full transcript.
A reliable picture can be seen when the procedure for taking blood for analysis was correct. To do this, you must stop taking hormonal drugs (with the exception of severe cases) for a month. Do not take iodine for several days before donating. Also for a week do not drink, do not smoke, do not overwork physically and emotionally. It all affects the readings. Donate blood in the morning, before the procedure you can not eat.
