The last decade has seen an increase in thyroid condition with a number of people still remaining undiagnosed. Located in the back of the neck and butterfly-shaped, it’s also a key regulator of metabolism in the body and with receptors on every cell, it produces affecting every major organ in the body. Thyroid problems particularly affect body weight, fatigue, gut health, fertility, depression and hair loss. When a dysregulation of the thyroid is suspected, your GP will run a TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) blood test. The potential problem here is that a clients test results don’t fit within a very narrow range with a standard thyroid panel. The standard thyroid panel usually includes only TSH and T4 which doesn’t tell the full story. Additional markers need to be tested on a comprehensive panel such as free T4, T3 and reverse T3 which will give a lot more detail on what is going on with an individuals thyroid.

Some patients are given thyroid replacement therapy without looking for the underlying cause. In a lot of cases, if you can find the underlying cause, the thyroid will fix itself without any medication.