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On Trust Me, I’m A Doctor, one of the health topics we get the most questions about is the thyroid. The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that sits in the neck and produces hormones.

Your thyroid—a butterfly-shaped gland in your neck—plays a significant role in the growth, development, and metabolism of your body. Thyroid diseases can occur when you have a hormonal ...

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It branches from the vagus nerve (cranial nerve 10) but follows an unusual pathway to reach the larynx, and the paired nerves ...

And another warning sign of thyroid disease, both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, can be more obvious. "Looking in the ...

Thyroid diseases are characterized by hyperfunction (hyperthyroidism), hypofunction (hypothyoidism) or inflammation (thyroiditis) of the thyroid gland or the presence of thyroid nodules, which can ...

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Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) causes cellular damage and alters thyroid gland function by humoral and cell-mediated mechanisms. Cellular damage occurs when sensitized T-lymphocytes and/or ...

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