Suspect HH - what additional labs should I request?
I’m a 27M, I got a blood lab done a month or two ago, I’ll include the results.
I originally suspected hypothyroidism due to my symptoms of:
- Fatigue & massive sleep appetite
- Brain fog
- Cold hands & feet (sometimes tip of my dick too)
- Loss of libido/slight ED
- Depression/anxiety
- Thinning/dry hair
- Constant tension of left wrist/hand
- Shortness of breath
- Bad memory
- LPR type reflux / constant mucus overproduction
- Irritability
These are all of my symptoms, I’m not saying all of them specifically point towards HH, but some of them do seem to align.
However, as you’ll see, my lab results only indicate iron issues. My TSH and Free T4 are perfect (these numbers would be askew in the case of hypothyroidism).
I have noticed after doing my research on here that TSAT and Ferritin are two very important markers that were not included on my blood lab results. So I will be calling my doctor back and requesting a more advanced blood lab test, if they have one - what should I make sure is on the lab? TSAT and ferritin of course, but is there anything else? Maybe copper? I’m also just interested in any general advice you may have on what I should do to resolve my symptoms. Thanks!