{"id":32893,"date":"2023-04-02T11:56:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T08:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/?p=32893"},"modified":"2023-04-18T23:51:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:51:52","slug":"thyroxine-t4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/thyroxine-t4\/","title":{"rendered":"Thyroxine T4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div id=\"webmacPage\">\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div id=\"mainInner\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"content-inner\">\n<div id=\"services\">\n<div id=\"servicesMain\" class=\"center\">\n<div class=\"leftServices\">\n<p><strong>About the test<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>T4 is a hormone produced in the thyroid gland. After its release from the thyroid gland, its biggest part bounds to proteins. The rest of it is called free T4. Free T4 plays a crucial role in the basic metabolic rhythm and protein synthesis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sample<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Venous blood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>None required.<\/p>\n<p>In case the examinee is under thyroid medication he\/she should postpone intake of medication until after the test<\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Venipuncture<\/p>\n<p><strong>Increased values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hyperthyroidism<\/li>\n<li>Subacute thyroiditis<\/li>\n<li>Toxic multinodular goiter<\/li>\n<li>Pregnancy<\/li>\n<li>Drugs (amiodarone, amphetamines, clofibrate, estrogens, heparin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Decreased values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hypothyroidism<\/li>\n<li>Hypoalbuminemia<\/li>\n<li>Thyroidectomy<\/li>\n<li>Thyroid gland agenesis<\/li>\n<li>Pituitary tumor<\/li>\n<li>Drugs (anabolic steroids, aspirin, penicillin, sulphonamides, testosterone)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thyroxin is essential in the development of the central nervous system in infants.<\/li>\n<li>T4 measurement is used in the follow-up of thyroid diseases, in patients treated with either synthetic hormones or antithyroid drugs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T4 is a hormone produced in the thyroid gland. After its release from the thyroid gland, its biggest part bounds to proteins. The rest of it is called free T4. Free T4 plays a crucial role in the basic metabolic rhythm and protein synthesis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-list-of-exams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33505,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32893\/revisions\/33505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}