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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.
Blood tests are used to diagnose hypothyroidism. Treatment with thyroid hormone medicine usually is simple, safe and effective once you and your health care ...
When the pituitary gland detects the decline and prompts the thyroid to create more hormones, the thyroid can become enlarged. Graves' disease. Another ...
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 ...
Hashimoto's disease is also known as Hashimoto's thyroiditis, chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis and chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. Thyroid gland showing larynx ...
When the thyroid gland makes too much thyroid hormone, a condition known as hyperthyroidism, or overactive thyroid, can occur. Sometimes benign nodules can ...
Find out what can cause lumps in the thyroid gland and how your doctor may treat them.
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 ...
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 ...
The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located in the midline of your neck, about halfway between your Adam's apple and your breastbone. Your thyroid gland ...
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