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An underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) doesn't produce enough hormone. An overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism) produces too much hormone. Symptoms may include ...
Your thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the front of your neck. The hormones that the thyroid gland makes — triiodothyronine, or T3 ...
If the thyroid gland is sick, it doesn't make enough thyroid hormone so we get a low T4 level. Because we have a low T4 level, the pituitary gland recognizes ...
... thyroid glands (known as goiter) and to treat thyroid cancer. Thyroid is also used in some medical tests to help diagnose problems with the thyroid gland.
Thyroid function tests. A blood sample can be used to measure the amount of Thyroid-stimulating Hormone (TSH) produced by the pituitary gland and how much ...
Thyroid problems affect up to 10 percent of women and 3 percent of men. That helps explain why levothyroxine, a synthetically made thyroid hormone, is the most ...
Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) is produced by the pituitary gland. When the pituitary detects low thyroid hormones in the blood, it sends TSH to the ...
Treatment for hypothyroidism usually includes taking the thyroid hormone medicine levothyroxine (Levo-T, Synthroid, others) every day. This medicine is taken by ...
My 19-year-old son has hyperthyroidism due to toxic thyroid nodules. He is very thin and has a high resting heart rate. He has been asked to go on methimazole ( ...
The hormones that the thyroid gland makes — triiodothyronine, or T3, and thyroxine, or T4 — have a large impact on your health, affecting all aspects of your ...
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