[Carito71]

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Hello Kimberly,

Thank you for all your help. I wanted to ask you about the T3. In a recent post you said it was related to eye problems?

Can you explain more, please? And is it T3 or FT3?

Talking about T3/FT3, also, on my last post about my labs you mentioned the T3 and I was wanting to make sure I understood you correctly so I left you a question there. Maybe you can look at it?

Second question … well, I guess by now this is 3rd question, right?

Where can I find the letter made to a husband?

Thank you again!
Caro

[Kimberly]

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Hello – Here is a link to the letter that you mentioned:

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http://gdatf.org/about/about-graves-disease/patient-education/an-open-letter-to-husbands-of-graves-patients/

I think I answered your question on T3 vs. FT3 in the other post. As far as high T3 and eye involvement, elevated T3 is a *risk factor* for eye complications following treatment with RAI, along with elevated antibody levels and smoking. This doesn’t mean that any one of these factors *will* cause eye problems, just that a patient with these risk factors has a higher risk than someone without the risk factors. The presence of these risk factors can influence whether a course of steroid therapy is recommended in conjunction wtih RAI.

Hope this helps!

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