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Gender: Male
Age: 29
TSH: 1.71
Serum Iron: 76.3 ug/dl
Total Iron-binding Capacity: 286 ug/dl
Saturation: 26.6%
Transferrin: 205 mg/dL
Ferritin: 280 ng/ml
I know there are a lot of other important labs that need doing, but I ordered these labs at a clinic in Costa Rica where I am living at the moment. Don't really have much money to be throwing at labs.
I have had cold hands for the as long as I can remember. I was embarrassed about it in high school. Does my TSH explain this or is it normal? I see people mention that below 1 is good, but that doesn't really tell me if 1.71 is such a problem that it has resulted in freezing cold hands my whole life. Again, I know that TSH alone really isn't enough, but it is what I've got.
I have been taking 1/2 of a pill of Armour (I got from my mother who is hypothyroid) every morning for 2 1/2 weeks, but I didn't take any the morning of the blood test. I also took the test fasted.
In regards to iron, I had been on the carnivore diet on and off for about 3 years up until about 2 1/2 months ago when I began eating a diet of meat, liver, milk, honey, and some tropical fruit (I am in Costa Rica after all).
Reason for testing in the first place - I have had serious fatigue issues for about a decade that doesn't improve and seems like it gets worse slowly. I also have anhedonia really bad. I struggle to be motivated at all because I practically never find anything satisfying.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Age: 29
TSH: 1.71
Serum Iron: 76.3 ug/dl
Total Iron-binding Capacity: 286 ug/dl
Saturation: 26.6%
Transferrin: 205 mg/dL
Ferritin: 280 ng/ml
I know there are a lot of other important labs that need doing, but I ordered these labs at a clinic in Costa Rica where I am living at the moment. Don't really have much money to be throwing at labs.
I have had cold hands for the as long as I can remember. I was embarrassed about it in high school. Does my TSH explain this or is it normal? I see people mention that below 1 is good, but that doesn't really tell me if 1.71 is such a problem that it has resulted in freezing cold hands my whole life. Again, I know that TSH alone really isn't enough, but it is what I've got.
I have been taking 1/2 of a pill of Armour (I got from my mother who is hypothyroid) every morning for 2 1/2 weeks, but I didn't take any the morning of the blood test. I also took the test fasted.
In regards to iron, I had been on the carnivore diet on and off for about 3 years up until about 2 1/2 months ago when I began eating a diet of meat, liver, milk, honey, and some tropical fruit (I am in Costa Rica after all).
Reason for testing in the first place - I have had serious fatigue issues for about a decade that doesn't improve and seems like it gets worse slowly. I also have anhedonia really bad. I struggle to be motivated at all because I practically never find anything satisfying.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!