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Understanding Your Thyroid Testing Options
I wrote this report for you for a number of reasons. For starters, I wanted to share with
you one of the most accurate techniques for testing your own thyroid function that is
being used by myself and some of the other most highly skilled thyroid practitioners out
there today. I’m going to show you just how effective this technique can be if used
properly and the absurd reasons why your doctor doesn’t want you knowing about it.
But, I also wrote this report with the intention of helping you to save a lot of unnecessary
time, money, and hassle by helping you get real answers instead of constantly getting
the run around with your hypothyroidism.
No, you don’t have to be a doctor or receive extensive medical training to test your own
thyroid. In fact, the less medical training you have the better, and I’ll show you why.
So, let’s get right to it…
Over the past hundred years, there have been many tests that have been developed to
screen for hypothyroidism and monitor the function of your thyroid. Some of the early
tests were quite effective. However, over the years modern medicine seems to have
taken many steps in the wrong direction with the development of more technologically
advanced testing. Many of problems associated with today’s testing are covered in
detail in my free report entitled, Why You Still Have Thyroid Symptoms and Why
Doctors, Drugs, and Labs Are Failing You.
In this report, I’m going to focus more on the three most common thyroid testing options
that are readily available today along with the advantages and disadvantages of each.
1. TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) Testing
Odds are that if you’ve been tested for hypothyroidism by your doctor, then you’ve had
your TSH level measured and they may have been above “normal” (at least the medical
interpretation of normal that is). This is currently the standard test that medical doctors
use to diagnose hypothyroidism today. And it’s the ONLY test they typically run.
While TSH is a test that is generally covered by medical insurance and is measured
simply through a blood draw, it has a number of disadvantages.
If you’re not familiar with human physiology, TSH is a hormone that tells the thyroid
gland that more thyroid hormone is needed and to release more thyroid hormone into
your bloodstream. So, if TSH is high then this is thought to mean that your thyroid gland
is not able to produce adequate thyroid hormone, thus you must be hypothyroid.
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