New TSH level range by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)
Until November 2002, doctors had relied on a normal TSH level ranging from 0.5 to 5.0 to diagnose and treat patients with a thyroid disorder who tested outside the boundaries of that range5 . Now AACE encourages doctors to consider treatment for patients who test outside the boundaries of a narrower margin based on a target TSH level of 0.3 to 3.04. AACE believes the new range will result in proper diagnosis for millions of Americans who suffer from a mild thyroid disorder, but have gone untreated until now.
So now hopefully it would not be so tough to get treatment for those who are borderline hypo/hyper. :thumb:
http://www.aace.com/pub/tam2003/press.php
