Advice on blood work

[thisAngelBites]

Hi everyone. My 52 year old husband has already had some blood work done, and his TSH was elevated and was positive for peroxidase antibodies (but not astronomical, as I have seen previously) so we know he is in early stages of hashimoto's.

I asked the endo to test hormones, and here are the results:

FSH 5.8 U/L ( 1.5-11.4 )
LH 4.9 U/L ( 1.7-8.6 )
Testosterone 16.8 nmol/l ( 7.6-31.4 )
Sex Hormone Binding Globulin 36 nmol/L ( 14-78 )
Free Androgen Index 46.6 ( 22-104 )

Everything is within ranges, but can some one with some experience tell me if they are decent considering his age? Just looking for some opinions and input.

[100%]

Hi everyone. My 52 year old husband has already had some blood work done, and his TSH was elevated and was positive for peroxidase antibodies (but not astronomical, as I have seen previously) so we know he is in early stages of hashimoto's.

I asked the endo to test hormones, and here are the results:

FSH 5.8 U/L ( 1.5-11.4 )
LH 4.9 U/L ( 1.7-8.6 )
Testosterone 16.8 nmol/l ( 7.6-31.4 )
Sex Hormone Binding Globulin 36 nmol/L ( 14-78 )
Free Androgen Index 46.6 ( 22-104 )

Everything is within ranges, but can some one with some experience tell me if they are decent considering his age? Just looking for some opinions and input.

Testosterone 16.8 nmol/l =ng/dL:484 Not bad for his age. Is he having any problems?

[thisAngelBites]

Well, mild, diffuse symptoms that could well be the hypothyroidism (less drive, a little tired, less clear thinking). Nothing overtly sexual. But I wanted to check the other hormones to be sure.

[bass]

is he supplementing with Vitamin D? supplementing can help him lower SHBG a little and thus raising his free T. as you know this is not enough BW to make a sound assessment, but for what's worth my thyroid always came back at 3.5 and up range 0.5 - 4.5, since I supplemented with iodine a year ago or so for two months my TSH now comes at 1.9-2.4 which is still a great deal of improvement. if he takes care of these two things he might improve his test level significantly!

[thisAngelBites]

He supplements D sporadically, but his 25 OH levels were recently checked and were 88, and ref range is 25-50 insufficient, greater than 200, reduce vit D supplementation. So the level seems pretty good. But we should definitely think about iodine!