Subclinical Thyroid Disease - A Must Read
Larrian on March 9th, 2008 | Filed under Thyroid
If you’ve ever faced a doctor who follows the “checked normal” school of interpreting lab test results, this recent article on “The Clinical Significance of Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction” will provide a real education. Drs. Biondi and Cooper explain in their article, published in Endocrine Reviews, why the recognition of subclinical thyroid dysfunction is a biochemical one. However, you have to define a “normal” TSH range, which has changed dramatically over the last 10 years.
Although this team feels there is no place for T3 therapy in treating subclinical hypothyroidism, they make excellent points regarding assessing the clinical syndrome and its effect on cardiac disease. No pharmaceutical company sponsored this review, which makes for interesting reading if you suspect you suffer from subclinical hypo or hyperthyroidism. If you would like to read the full paper, just follow the download link below.
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