TSH
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- noun
- /tiː ɛs eɪtʃ/
- Specialized
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TSH
- Subclinical hypothyroidism is detected by a TSH of between 5 mU/l and 10 mU/l.
- TSH values
- TSH levels
- normal TSH
You can have raging severe Hashimoto's thyroiditis and have a normal TSH.
- You can have raging severe Hashimoto's thyroiditis and have a normal TSH.
Examples
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Despite appropriate dosing of LT4, the patient's TSH values were elevated.
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To neutralize the increase of TSH, the median dose of LT4 was increased by 37%.
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Patients feel best when their TSH is normal or a bit low.
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Symptoms should improve within 3 weeks of starting treatment, but changes in TSH take a little longer.
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In 10 patients with elevated TSH levels, LT4 was taken together with breakfast.
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Group A had significantly lower TSH values compared with group B despite a similar LT4 dose.
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The infection resulted in elevated TSH values that returned to the reference range after the eradication therapy.
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An increase in the average value of TSH was noted from 1.6 mIU/L to 5.4 mIU/L.
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There is no justification for a therapeutic trial of levothyroxine if TSH is normal.
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Measuring your TSH is the gold standard for judging how well your thyroid is working.
Synonyms
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9.9
A hormone from a small gland under the brain that tells the gland in the neck to make hormones
A hormone from the small gland at the base of the brain that tells the thyroid to work
A hormone from a small gland at the base of the brain that makes the thyroid gland work
A chemical made by a gland at the base of the brain that tells the thyroid to make hormones
Surface Forms
Etymology
TSH is short for thyroid, stimulating, and hormone. The parts mean 'thyroid', meaning the neck gland, 'to make active', and 'a body chemical', so TSH is the chemical message from a small gland in the brain that tells the thyroid to work.