Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Metro St Louis
Chronic Infections Posted: 04-15-05 20:54pm
Since nov I have been diagnosed with 2
sinus infections, bronchitus, and
pneumonia twice. When I finally threw a
fit at the doctors, they ran a series of
blood tests to try to determine why I kept
getting infections. Everything came back
fairly normal except for my white blood
count (wbc) was still high and my tsh is
7.03 and free t4 is .73.
I was told that I was hypothyroid and
prescribed 25mcg of synthroid. After
researching on the net I found that I have
almost all of the symptoms of
hypothyroidism. I now wonder if I really
needed my hysterectomy due to excessive
menses.
Here is my question: would my levels cause
me to get repeated infections? Doc says
no (he said it would take a tsh level of
about 50 to cause infections and that I
only have slightly elevated tsh) and has
no idea why I stay sick and doesnt seem to
care, just prescribes another antibiotic.
Any help you can give me would be great!
I cant seem to find any info on how high
is a high tsh level.
Also, I was did not have the tgab or
tpoab....Do I need to force that issue?
