need help with lab results - Hormone Problems Message Board

steph27 · 01-21-2006, 09:53 AM

I recently had some blood tests done to check my thyroid and hormones. I think that my estradiol level is lower than it should be. I have been having hot flashes and they suspected thyroid. I started my period the day they did the lab work. Is anyone familiar with this. Here are my results:

Estradiol 11 Follicular Phase 19-83
Midcycle 150-528
Luteal Phase 58-157

Progesterone 0.5 Follicular Phase 0.2-1.4
Luteal Phase 3.3-25.6
Mid Luteal Phase 4.4-28

TSH 1.117 0.35-5.50

I asked the nurse about the estradiol this morning and she said well the range is 19-83 and you are 11 so you are right there in the middle. That made no sense to me. I am going to ask the doctor next week. I am hoping someone may know about this. Thanks for your help.

annemv · 01-21-2006, 10:10 AM

Ask them to do a Free t4 and Free t3, those tests measure the actual thyroid hormones.
I don't know enough about the estrogens to help you. Sorry!
Good luck!

ASDGRMama · 01-23-2006, 10:13 AM

If those lab ranges are correct then it's apparent that your estrogen levels are low. The nurse's response is odd...not sure what she was thinking.

It may be prudent to have a day 3 FSH test done. FSH is a pituitary hormone that stimulates the ovaries to make estrogen. If the ovaries are not producing enough estrogen the FSH levels will increase. If the ovaries do not respond the pituitary will put out more and more FSH. So if your low estrogen levels are due to ovarian failure (as in perimenopause or menopause) then your FSH will be high.

High FSH and low estrogen is a strong indicator of menopause (or some other form of ovarian failure).

Kelly

JinL · 01-29-2006, 08:00 AM

E2 of 11 is not in the normal rage of 19-83
The progesterone is also on the low side.

The ranges are usaully from 21 year old to about 90 year old testers.

If you are about age 100 it may be normal.

Ask your doctor for a detailed explanation.
Most doctors are hormonally challenged in knowledge. They never studied them, other than a 3 hour class.

Anita Porpoise · 02-03-2006, 02:34 AM

Hopefully you are seeing a ENDOCRINOLOGIST and not a gynecologist. Endo's study the glands. The thyroid and the pituitary are two glands of interest.

Have them also check your Prolactin level.

There are Pituitary tumors that can cause all kinds of havoc

with the body from loss of periods, tunnel vision, hot flashes, breast milk, loss of sexual drive, bone loss and so much more.

Pituitary tumors are quite common and are estimated to be in a fifth of the population. Very rarely are these tumors fatal.

Mostly in women they are small and do not show up on MRIs, so the Prolactin blood test is the indentifier.