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From:	Granite80 (mail.auslandbuilders.com)
Subject:	Re: Hair loss during pregnancy!!??!??!??
Date:	June 14, 2007 at 8:36 am PST

In Reply to: Re: Hair loss during pregnancy!!??!??!?? posted by maria on September 3, 2005 at 8:17 am:

I too am losing hair during pregnancy (I'm 10 weeks along). I have only experienced this type of hair loss prior to taking thyroid supplements for hypothyroidism, so I'm suspecting my levels may be low again. I am not a medical professional, but I do know that hair loss is a symptom of hypothroidism and that it is common to have throid levels thrown off during pregnancy. A simple blood test of TSH levels indicates hypothyroidism. TSH levels above 3 or 4 indicate low throid (yes, it's backwards, high TSH levels indicate low throid). Some doctors use a threshold of 5, but the more progressive research shows levels as low as 3 indicate problems. Hope this helps!

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