Thyroid Test

The thyroid is a gland that produces hormones and releases them into the bloodstream that controls the rate at which the body uses and stores energy from the food we eat, also known as the metabolic rate.

A TSH level higher than 5μIU/mL indicates a higher-than-normal level and the possibility of an underactive thyroid.

The test provides results based on a Positive/Higher or Negative/Normal basis. Positive results can then be used to request a secondary test or consult further medical advice.

Symptoms you might be suffering from:

Checking the Thyroid level can be an important part of a health regime and a first step to further investigation if results indicate anything underactive. Hypothyroidism can start slowly with no immediate symptoms until it has advanced. Obvious symptoms displayed include:

• Weight gain
• Difficulty losing weight
• Irregular or heavy periods
• Feeling fatigued, cold or tired regularly
• Forgetfulness and depression

1

Receive your test kit in the post.

2

Clean your finger and use the finger prick lancet to release blood.

3

Fill the capillary dropper with blood up to the black line.

4

Squeeze the blood into the sample well on the test cassette.

5

Allow the blood to absorb and add two drops of single use buffer to the sample well.

6

Wait 10 minutes for the results to appear.

NOTE: Do not interpret before 10 minutes or after 20 minutes as the
results may be inaccurate.

It is a rapid test for the detection of hypothyroidism. TSH rapid test assesses the presence of elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone TSH, >5μIU/mL levels in a whole blood sample. The thyroid plays a central role in the control of your metabolism.

In this test procedure, the anti-TSH antibody is immobilised in the test line region and coated particles, respectively. After a specimen is added to the specimen well of the device, it reacts with anti-TSH antibody-coated particles in the test. This mixture migrates chromatographically along the length of the test and interacts with the immobilised anti-TSH antibody. Positive specimens react with the specific anti-TSH antibody-coated particles to form a coloured line at the test line region of the membrane.

What’s included in the Home Thyroid Test:

1 x Test cassette
1 x Single-use buffer
1 x Sterile lancet
1 x Instructions
2 x Alcohol pad
1 x Capillary dropper

Note: You will require a method of timing the process.

• Our home testing kit has been validated against industry standards with a 100% correlation.
• CE approved sample kit.
• Results do not substantiate a medical diagnosis on their own but may be used by your doctor to help form a diagnosis or request a secondary analytical test.
• It is possible that technical or procedural errors or other interfering substances in the whole blood specimen may cause erroneous results.
• >97% reproducible results.

Important

All information in the reports produced is intended to support nutritional advice to optimise your diet. The results cannot be used to diagnose, treat or cure medical/health conditions.

Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health provider if you have a medical condition and/or medical symptoms. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it.

Thyroid-stimulating hormone (also known as thyrotropin, thyrotropic hormone, TSH, or hTSH for human TSH) is a pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland to produce thyroxine (T4) and then triiodothyronine (T3) which stimulates the metabolism of almost every tissue in the body (1).

It is a glycoprotein hormone synthesised and secreted by thyrotrope cells in the anterior pituitary gland, which regulates the endocrine function of the thyroid (2).

TSH (with a half-life of about an hour) stimulates the thyroid gland to secrete the hormone thyroxine (T4), which has only a slight effect on metabolism.

T4 is converted to triiodothyronine (T3), which is the active hormone that stimulates metabolism. About 80% of this conversion is in the liver and other organs, and 20% in the thyroid itself (1).
References:

1) https://www.msdmanuals.com/home/hormonal-and-metabolic-disorders/thyroid-gland-disorders/overview-of-the-thyroid-gland?qt=thyroxine&alt=sh
2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4109514/

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• Easy-to-use test kit, no need to send sample.