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I'm a 27 year old female and recently my hair just started shedding a lot and it hasn't stopped. My doctor decided to check my throid levels as I do have a lot of the symptoms but he says they are fine and I'm just left with no other answers 
these were my results. He only did a TSH and Free T4. I appreciate any help!
Results:
TSH: 1.68 uIU/mL
Free T4: 0.89 ng/dL
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chiffon40 ang55
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Have him check your T3
ang55 chiffon40
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dave64969 ang55
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dave64969 ang55
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ang55 dave64969
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Thank you. I made a new spot with someone else since my doctor won't do anything else for me. Their standard range is 0.59 - 1.61 ng/dL for T4 free and since I'm in that range I'm good I guess.
shellyC19 ang55
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Hello Ang55:
My name is Shelly and I am an RN in the USA. I have Hashimoto's thyroid disease since 1987.
Your blood TSH is normal and 0.45 to 4.50 is normal and you are at 1.68.
FT4 is normal also, range is 0.77 to 1.77 and you are okay there at 0.89. Just for good measure have a T3 level done as it is the useable hormone the body needs and T4 is converted inside the thyroid into T3 and that hormone is very important for our bodies.
Now the early phases of Hypothyroidism can be sneaky and symptoms do not always jive with the blood. I did lose hair in 1987 but I also had many other Hypo symptoms. Check and see if anyone in your family has it, and notify your doctor if you have a family history of it. You may need to see an Endocrinologist.
Symptoms to look for are: tired all the time, brain foggy, weight gain despite diet, muscle aches and pains, no periods or infrequent ones, brittle nails and dry scalp, dry skin, depression feeling, hair loss, low temp and pulse. There are more these are common.
Also please have a dermatologist check your hair for any kind of folliculitis which can also cause hair loss. Some people get itchy bumps or lose hair from hair follicules that can get Staph in them. Staph is a germ on our skin but it can go into the hair follicule and mess it up.
Eat well, make sure all vitamins and minerals are good to include B12, B1, Vit C and Vit D, Vit E and magnesium, potassium, calcium, Iron and Ferritin. Iron is needed for proper hair growth and for other ways our body uses it .
Any questions, just ask,
Shelly
ang55 shellyC19
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Thank you so much for the reply. I did have my dermatologist look at my scalp and she said it looks fine. I don't have any pimples that hurt or anything, could I have staph and not have pimples? I really want to figure out what's going on but this isn't just regular thinning. It's way too much at a time.
shellyC19 ang55
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Hello Ang55:
Sometimes you can have Staph and not know it. However it sounds more like Hypothyroidism.
I think it could be the early phases of Hypothyroidism. It really is a symptom that something is wrong. I know the blood looks good, but it takes time for the blood to get worse. I had that and lot's of my hair was thinning in my early days of the disease.
Please get your doctor to give you a trial of Levothyroxine 25mcg (low starter dose) and if you feel better or your hair stops thinning, then you solved the problem. It took me about 6 months to grow back what I had lost.
Keep us posted on how you do,
Shelly
ang55 shellyC19
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Hi, so I had my vitamin D levels checked and my number was 43, and that's also in their range of being normal.
shellyC19 ang55
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Hello Ang:
Vitamin D normal range is 30 to 100. However the person's age comes into play here. If you are young, you should be 80 to 100 and if you are older or over 65, you should be 30 to 50 without replacement.
If on supplements (vit D) it should be higher than 43. Most doctors like it in the 50 to 75 range for preventing osteoporosis and bone problems, and muscle aches..
Being Hypo, we can be low at a younger age and it may take a higher dose in Vit D supplements to get us back to where we should be. I take 2000 IU a day but some people are on 5000 IU a day.
I still would ask the doctor for Levothyroxine 25mcg low dose because you have many symptoms of Hypo.
Any questions just ask,
Shelly
ang55 shellyC19
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shellyC19 ang55
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Hello Ang55:
At age 27, you should be much higher than 43 in Vit D range. I know it is a wide range between 30 to 100, as the "so called normal range", but you are young and should be above 70 at that age.
Ask the doctor and explain any symptoms you have and log them down on a piece of paper and ask for a trial of Levothyroxine (Synthroid) 25mcg starter dose.
Please keep me posted on how it goes.
Shelly