Blood Test

islasmum | 10:41 Tue 19th Jan 2016 | Body & Soul

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What blood test is used for checking thyroid function?

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TWR

An Ordinary Blood test from your arm.

TSH, T4 and T3

Tilly2

Sqad

All answers above are correct, BUT many labs just do the TSH and if that is normal, then T3 &T4 are not done.

In the Uk the most common routine Thyroid test is TSH and T4. T3 is rarely tested unless there is a specific reason.

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That's very helpful, thank you all.

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