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  1. Hyperthyroidism - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Graves' disease is an autoimmune disorder that causes the immune system to attack the thyroid gland. That prompts the thyroid to make too much thyroid hormone.

  2. Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Blood tests are used to diagnose hypothyroidism. Treatment with thyroid hormone medicine usually is simple, safe and effective once you and your health care ...

  3. Goiter - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    When the pituitary gland detects the decline and prompts the thyroid to create more hormones, the thyroid can become enlarged. Graves' disease. Another ...

  4. Hashimoto's disease - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Hashimoto's disease is also known as Hashimoto's thyroiditis, chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis and chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. Thyroid gland showing larynx ...

  5. Thyroid cancer - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Thyroid cancer happens when cells in the thyroid develop changes in their DNA. A cell's DNA contains the instructions that tell the cell what to do. The changes ...

  6. Mayo Clinic Q and A: Women and thyroid disease

    When the thyroid gland makes too much thyroid hormone, a condition known as hyperthyroidism, or overactive thyroid, can occur. Sometimes benign nodules can ...

  7. Thyroid nodules - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Find out what can cause lumps in the thyroid gland and how your doctor may treat them.

  8. Graves' disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Graves' disease is an immune system condition that affects the thyroid gland. It causes the body to make too much thyroid hormone. That condition is called ...

  9. Thyroidectomy - Mayo Clinic

    How much of your thyroid gland is removed during thyroidectomy depends on the reason for the surgery. If you need only part of your thyroid removed (partial ...

  10. Thyroid Disease Can Diminish Quality of Life

    Thyroid cancer refers to malignancy in cells of the thyroid. Thyroid nodules are growths on the thyroid. While all of these conditions can be serious, each has ...