Most of us don't give our thyroid a second thought. But the small, butterfly-shaped gland at the front of your neck plays a ...

A goiter is an enlarged thyroid gland and can occur for several reasons. It doesn’t always affect hormone levels, and treatment isn’t always necessary. But medications, iodine, and surgery can ...

Ultra-sonography (US) showed an enlarged thyroid gland (estimated weight: 32 g) with a heterogeneous parenchyma but no hypoechoic areas. The patient was kept in a euthyroidstate via methimazole ...

Thyroid cancer, a disease that could affect as many as 1 in 200 of us, often goes unnoticed. The condition is often referred ...

However, iodine deficiency is a problem worldwide. Hyperthyroidism may be caused by: Graves' disease, an enlarged thyroid gland (also called diffuse toxic goiter) nodules that may form in the ...

It often causes goiter (enlarged thyroid ... Abnormal lumps on your thyroid gland, known as thyroid nodules, could also lead to hyperthyroidism if they are hyperfunctioning.

The region was widely known as the “goiter belt,” for the goiters — heavily swollen thyroid glands — that bulged from many residents’ necks. The issue was more than cosmetic: Iodine ...

Because it is one of the most active glands in our bodies, it is not unusual for the thyroid gland to become enlarged over time and to develop irregular changes in size, shape and firmness. It is ...

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has recruited its first patient for a weekly injection to tackle thyroid eye disease.