Re: thyroid

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In a message dated 98-06-24 07:40:13 EDT, esppatty@juno.com writes:

<<  The reliable test
 for low thyroid would have be extremely expensive, so we did not do the
 test but went on the basis of symptoms and outcome. >>

The expensive test is the TSH stim test that Karen was talking about.  T4's
are relatively inexpensive, and if they are repeatably low and the symptoms
exist such as Wendy's horse has, then the treatment is more than justified, in
my experience.

Heidi Smith, DVM--Sagehill Arabians (Oregon)