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I suspect my husband has a thyroid issue going on. He has been gaining weight rapidly, depressed, exhausted, and other things.

I made an appointment for him for next week to have his thyroid considered. I am wondering if there is any specific blood work he should be requesting?

He is about 40 lbs over weight, 33, Not eating Paleo aside from the Paleo options I have available here at the house (His dinner, at least, is usually Paleo).

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

flag	asked Nov 21 2011 at 16:43 themommybug 518●4●14

	Rapid weight gain - ask for diabetes blood work too! – Efaitch Nov 21 2011 at 18:50
	Thanks. I hadn't thought of that! – themommybug Nov 21 2011 at 19:17

paleomaven · Answer 1 · 2011-11-21 20:22:43Z UTC

Excellent thyroid resources over on Jamie Koonce's blog: http://www.superherohealthcare.com/thyroid-and-adrenal-research.html

Essential Tests for properly diagnosing hypothyroidism:

T-3 Uptake Free T-3 Free T-4 Reverse T-3 T-7 TAA TPO TG

She also has some excellent information about healing the thyroid over here: http://www.holisticchineseherbs.com/vip-members/

Kyle · Answer 2 · 2011-11-21 17:39:26Z UTC

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Based on my research a couple weeks ago:

For Thyroid: *TSH *TT4 *TT3 *TT3 uptake

I think I got that off of Chris Kresser's website

answered Nov 21 2011 at 17:39

Kyle
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henny · Answer 3 · 2011-11-21 19:58:40Z UTC

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There is tons of good info on http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ .

Also check out Mary Shomon http://thyroid.about.com/bio/Mary-Shomon-350.htm

Read before you go to the doc.

answered Nov 21 2011 at 19:58

henny

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