COULD A NORMAL THYROID FUNCTION TEST BE HIDING SOMETHING MORE SINISTER?

COULD A NORMAL THYROID FUNCTION TEST BE HIDING SOMETHING MORE SINISTER?

✦ The Lucy Rose Clinic

Thyroid hormone is converted in the body by specialised enzymes and used for energy inside every cell. Most people with a ‘normal thyroid test’ who have any symptoms will have issues converting thyroid hormone to the most biologically active form called FreeT3.

Left unchecked, this can lead to 'hidden' suboptimal hypothyroidism. In this situation, the TSH test reads normal, yet symptoms such as fatigue, weight gain, hair loss, body pain, and brain fog steadily get worse. This can happen to people on thyroxine medication as well.