Advice on blood work

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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

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.

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!

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!