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Right..... I've been on 50mg of levothyroxine for a free months as my t4 was low. I was referred to an endocrinology department and had loads of blood tests. I received a letter today saying that I may have euthyroid sick syndrome or hypothalamic effect. I'm to stop the levothyroxine for 3 months and then have a full hormone blood tests done. Has anybody had this?
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MtViewCatherine rebecca80606
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Hi Rebecca, thanks for sharing. So nice that you were able to get this diagnosis. This is super interesting, since so many with thyroid disease don't show wildly abnormal tests. Myself included, except that I have massive thyroid nodules.
I did some research and found that toxicity, particularly mercury toxicity, can cause elevated rT3, which interrupts the whole thyroid feedback loop, while all the endocrine organs are basically healthy except for the fact that they are overstressed.
michelemdc rebecca80606
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Causes
Causes of euthyroid sick syndrome include a number of acute and chronic conditions, including pneumonia, fasting, starvation, anorexia nervosa, sepsis, trauma, cardiopulmonary bypass, malignancy, stress, heart failure, hypothermia, myocardial infarction, chronic renal failure, cirrhosis, and diabetic ketoacidosis.[1]
Euthyroid sick syndrome (non-thyroidal illness syndrome) has been assumed closely related with a series of diseases, (such as inflammatory bowel disease).[2]
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