My feet & ankles are swollen, hot and reddish color. I have high blood pressure, lupus, asthma, back problems, diabetic, fibromyalgia, and Padgett disease, an enlarged heart, and enlarged thymus gland.
1 Free T4 (Free Thyroxine) â considered a precursor hormone, T4 is converted to T3 as required by cells throughout the body; levels of T4 are generally much higher than T3.  Total T4 (Total Thyroxine) - Most T4 in the blood is bound to carrier proteins which make it biologically inactive. Total T4 includes unbound (free) T4 plus T4 that is bound to carrier proteins in the blood.
Description of Steroid hormone receptor. Steroid hormone receptor: family of soluble, cytoplasmic carrier proteins which bind their lipoid signal ligands at the cell membrane and transport them to the nucleus, where the complex binds to DNA and affects transcription of specific proteins.Source: CRISP.teroid hormone receptor: Related Topics. These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Steroid hormone receptor: 1  Steroid hormone. 2  Hormone receptor.