Case description:
A 22 years old college going individual was referred to the Thyroid
Clinic with symptoms of dizziness, palpitations and episodes of
shakiness of his hands which he could not elaborate more. He had
persistent anomalous thyroid test (table 1) results with free T3 level
being in the normal range, slightly raise FT4 levels and normal TSH of
1.08 mU/l. There was no history of weight loss, increased bowel
movements of hair loss. He was an adoptee and had been told that his
biological mother probably had a thyroid abnormality diagnosed in Hong
Kong. He had recently split from his girlfriend and was coming to terms
in coping with the separation.