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Went to two different doctors. One asked me to take the thyroid test empty stomach and another one with full stomach. I am confused. What's the right take?

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I talked with several doctors today at the ER where I work, and they have not heard of having to eat or not eat before getting your thyroid blood work done. Is it possible that they are running additional tests besides the thyroid? I know that when looking at insulin and blood sugar levels, they are done with fasting.

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Thanks, I had my thyroid blood test done today, empty stomach. :) – user462608 Sep 4 '11 at 15:59
Not a problem! Hope all turns out well! :) – AtlasRN Sep 4 '11 at 19:42
Has sugar to do something with the tiredness too? and if you don't write @Anisha I don't get the notifications. – user462608 Sep 5 '11 at 5:55
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@Anisha Kaul Sugar can. When people's glucose gets too high, they can get really sluggish. And also, when your glucose levels are really low, you get tired. It is possible to go into comas just on a blood sugar levels. But that is going to an extreme. – AtlasRN Sep 5 '11 at 12:21
thanks, and is sugar test done empty or full stomach? or it doesn't matter? – user462608 Sep 5 '11 at 12:25
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