{"id":45609,"date":"2023-06-30T01:09:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T15:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=45609"},"modified":"2023-06-30T01:09:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T15:09:56","slug":"lets-talk-about-your-thyroid-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=45609","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Talk About Your Thyroid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-45610\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/What_Thyroid_Test_Results_Mean-1-223x300.png\" alt=\"What Thyroid Test Results Mean\" width=\"689\" height=\"927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/What_Thyroid_Test_Results_Mean-1-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/What_Thyroid_Test_Results_Mean-1-760x1024.png 760w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/What_Thyroid_Test_Results_Mean-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr Isabella Wentz writes: If you suspect that you may have a thyroid condition, or know someone who does, this article will go over all of the most helpful tests that can help you identify a thyroid condition.<\/p>\n<p>This article will also teach you how to understand your labs so that you can advocate for proper treatment for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>In this article, I\u2019ll go over:<\/p>\n<p>The top thyroid tests that I recommend<\/p>\n<p>How to interpret your results<\/p>\n<p>Understanding reference ranges<\/p>\n<p>How often you should test your thyroid<\/p>\n<p>How to use lab results for medication adjustments<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RiKZccpZLg\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/thyroidpharmacist.com\/articles\/top-10-thyroid-tests\/\">Top 10 Thyroid Tests and How to Interpret Them<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Top 10 Thyroid Tests and How to Interpret Them&#8221; &#8212; Dr. Izabella Wentz, PharmD\" src=\"https:\/\/thyroidpharmacist.com\/articles\/top-10-thyroid-tests\/embed\/#?secret=Yqg1JKh7c0#?secret=RiKZccpZLg\" data-secret=\"RiKZccpZLg\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Isabella Wentz writes: If you suspect that you may have a thyroid condition, or know someone who does, this article will go over all of the most helpful tests that can help you identify a thyroid condition. This article will also teach you how to understand your labs so that you can advocate for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=45609\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Let&#8217;s Talk About Your Thyroid&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45611,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45609\/revisions\/45611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}