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We continue to analyze the topic of futile and controversial analyzes and research in medicine.
Fasting cortisol to determine hypercortisolism
My dears, if you took a fasting cortisol test without first taking 2 pills at 23:00 pm, and the doctor oohs and aahs that the cortisol is so high - RUN from such a doctor! Cortisol is very unstable and is only seen as part of a test. Elevated cortisol just doesn't mean anything. And you don't need to take it if you don't have specific symptoms that ONLY a doctor can diagnose
Analysis for dysbacteriosis
Everything is clear here, I hope. At the same time, this includes any method: both feces and intestinal biopsy (and such came). Thousands of bacteria, a separate place with a list of 50 bacteria does not tell us anything.
MRI for common back pain
Who among us has not had a neck or lower back pain? There are cases when an MRI may be needed, but in 90% of cases it is useless, because back pain is treated with NSAIDs.
Antibodies to thyroglobulin
I see healthy people who are prescribed to simply "look" together with TSH. It is advisable to watch them:
- after removal of the thyroid gland due to cancer;
- when planning a pregnancy, there is also a control of antibodies to TPO and to TG;
- when diagnosed with autoimmune thyroiditis, but I am NOT looking. Why? Because if there is hypothyroidism, then it must be compensated, and if there is no, then it is not so important to look at all these antibodies.
And if they are elevated, there is no need to be afraid either, we cannot influence them.
Iodine in urine
And let's look at the iodine in the urine to find out if you have enough of it? NO! You don't need to watch it! Everyone can use iodized salt, and drugs are prescribed individually. For this you do not need to know how much iodine you have. This method is relevant only in scientific research.
