Dr Amir Khan

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9,955 appearances 22 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3d ago

Dr Amir Khan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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No Appointment Necessary · Everything You Need to Know About Your Thyroid · 10 Aug 2026 podcast

Now the medical argument is, well you even though it's working harder, your thyroid levels are ho are normal, so you're you should be okay because even though it's working harder, it's normal, right? voice-verified

But the patient is very symptomatic with symptoms of an underactive thyroid. voice-verified

And they feel either, you know, they they need further tests or that they should have some kind of treatment because they're so symptomatic and it's really annoying them. voice-verified

Generally, the the management of that is to repeat that test in a few weeks and see whether the TSH is still working hard and the thyroid levels are still normal. voice-verified

We have a cutoff point. voice-verified

Point with TSH. voice-verified

So if it goes above a certain level and you've got normal, normal thyroid, then because it's working harder and it's above that level, we will trial you with some treatment to see whether your symptoms improve primarily and whether that TSH returns back down to a normal level. voice-verified

The frustrating thing is for patients is when it doesn't go above that level. voice-verified

And so voice-verified

The guidance is, mm, you don't have to treat it, but if they're very symptomatic, you can treat it. voice-verified

And there's a a bit of a l a kind of voice-verified

The patient wants the treatment because they're symptomatic. voice-verified

And the doctor goes, Well, we don't want to over-treat you and push you into an overactive, but it's a negotiation. voice-verified

But I always err on the side of what the patient wants. voice-verified

They're symptomatic, they're living with it. voice-verified

I'll put them on tablets. voice-verified

I can repeat their blood tests in six weeks and see how they are. voice-verified

Do we need a more nuanced thyroid test? voice-verified

Well, that's the other thing. voice-verified

Because we're only generally testing for TSA. voice-verified

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