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The thyroid is one of the largest endocrine glands in the body. This gland is found in the neck inferior to the thyroid cartilage and at approximately the same level as the cricoid cartilage. The thyroid controls how quickly the body burns energy, makes proteins, and how sensitive the body should be to other hormones. The thyroid participates in these processes by producing thyroid hormones, principally thyroxine and triiodothyronine ....
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my mom keeps complaining about some kind of a thyroid disorder' she keeps asking me...

No it is not contagious. It may be inheirted though. many women have thyroid problems , less men. She needs to see a dr. and have a blood test taken. This is...

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How much does your thyroid play on being overweight?
I take thyroid medicine and it seems that when I started taking thyroid medicine...

Find another doctor and insist. I'm severely hypothyroid. Without meds my TSH is 128 (normal is 4-10'ish). I still lost 198 lbs in 11 months on the Kimkins diet,...

Asked by Diana J - 20 months ago


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