Going to see Endo - question
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Going to see Endo - question
| Thu, 09-09-2004 - 10:10am |
I finally made an appointment with an endo today. I'm tired of seeing my GP and him telling me that my TSH is fine (it's a 1) and that the level of Synthroid I'm taking is fine. I don't feel fine.
The doctor I'm going to see is one mentioned on Mary Shomon's site in the Top docs section for Georgia. It's Dr. Michael Milton. Some of the messages posted there say that he studied with Dr. Coddington. Who is Dr. Coddington?
Thanks.
Danielle

Danielle
"The other important thyroid hormone is triiodothyronine or T3, which has three iodine atoms. T3 is actually the major active thyroid hormone, being much more active than T4. T4 is produced within the thyroid gland and is later converted to the active T3 outside the thyroid gland in peripheral tissues. Under certain conditions, such as stress, the thyroid gland may produce sufficient amounts of T4 to obtain normal thyroid blood tests, but its conversion to T3 may be inhibited, causing a relative insufficiency of active T3. Under this circumstance, the patient will have hypothyroid symptoms in spite of normal thyroid blood tests. As you will see, this fact results in many missed diagnoses of an underactive thyroid system."
Here is a link to the whole article, which is excellent: http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?PageType=Article&ID=528
Cathy :)