Thyroid basic - beyond TSH
Why We Check a Full Thyroid Panel, Not Just a TSH If you’re dealing with fatigue, unexplained weight changes, feeling too hot or too cold, hair loss, heart palpitations, or a swollen thyroid, or if thyroid disease runs in your family, a TSH alone can miss part of the picture. TSH only shows how hard your brain is signaling your thyroid to work. It doesn’t show how much hormone your thyroid is making, how much your body can use, or why your thyroid may be struggling. A full panel adds Free T4 and Free T3 to measure the hormones themselves, along with TPO and thyroglobulin antibodies to detect an autoimmune cause, which can show up before your hormone levels change. Looking at everything together gives a more accurate diagnosis, because a “normal” TSH doesn’t always rule out a thyroid problem.
5 biomarkers
Thyroid
