![]() A history of thyroid disorders in your family or yourself - for example, if you had thyroid problems during or after pregnancy, or if people in your close family have had thyroid conditions, your risk of thyroid disease is increased. |
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![]() The thyroid has two sides called lobes that lie on either side of your windpipe, and is usually connected by a strip of thyroid tissue known as an isthmus. Some people do not have an isthmus, and instead have two separate thyroid lobes. |
![]() Address: 11 St Andrews Place, Regents Park, London NW1 4LE. This guideline covers investigating all suspected thyroid disease and managing primary thyroid disease related to the thyroid rather than the pituitary gland. It does not cover managing thyroid cancer or thyroid disease in pregnancy. |
![]() Image: Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library/Getty Images. As the devastating outbreak of Covid-19 spread in Italy in March, doctors became curious if the ruthless virus, which seemed to wreak unpredictable havoc on the body, was mucking with important organs like the thyroid. |
![]() There are many different causes of the different thyroid disorders. Most commonly, the cause is due to autoimmune thyroid disease - a self-destructive process in which the bodys immune system attacks the thyroid cells as though they were foreign cells. |
![]() But since one-half of all people with thyroid disease are undiagnosed and weight changes are a common symptom,1, RDs are in a prime position to spot potential thyroid conditions, make appropriate referrals, and help clients get a timely diagnosis and the treatment they need. |
![]() Because the thyroid gland takes up radioactive iodine depending on how well it is working, thyroid scanning can also help determine whether the functioning of a specific area of the thyroid is normal, overactive, or underactive compared with the rest of the gland. |
![]() Thyroid disorders are common, and can affect men and women of all ages. The type of treatment needed will depend on the condition of your thyroid. An underactive thyroid may simply require tablet treatment, a form of hormone replacement therapy. |
![]() The condition is often called overactive thyroid. Thyrotoxicosis; Overactive thyroid; Graves disease - hyperthyroidism; Thyroiditis - hyperthyroidism; Toxic goiter - hyperthyroidism; Thyroid nodules - hyperthyroidism; Thyroid hormone - hyperthyroidism. The thyroid gland is an important organ of the endocrine system. |
![]() Through the hormones it produces, the thyroid gland influences almost all of the metabolic processes in your body. Thyroid disorders can range from a small, harmless goiter enlarged gland that needs no treatment to life-threatening cancer. The most common thyroid problems involve abnormal production of thyroid hormones. |
![]() The thyroid gland produces hormones that regulate the body's' metabolic rate controlling heart, muscle and digestive function, brain development and bone maintenance.Its correct functioning depends on a good supply of iodine from the diet.Cells producing thyroid hormones are very specialised in extracting and absorbing iodine from the blood and incorporate it into the thyroid hormones. |
![]() Underactive thyroid gland hypothyroidism results from the thyroid gland being unable to make enough thyroid hormones, so that many of the body's' functions slow down. Thyroid hormone levels are lower than normal. So some people call it having a 'low' thyroid'. |