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Medical tests
… Test Overview A thyroid and parathyroid ultrasound is a type of imaging test. It checks the thyroid gland and parathyroid glands . A thyroid …
Medical tests
… Test Overview A thyroid biopsy is a procedure in which a small sample of tissue is removed from the thyroid gland and looked at under a microscope for …
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… Test Overview A thyroid scan uses a radioactive tracer and a … camera to measure how much tracer the thyroid gland absorbs from the blood. The tracer can be …
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… Test Overview Thyroid testing Thyroid hormone tests are blood tests that check how well the thyroid gland is working. The thyroid gland makes …
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… Surgery Overview Thyroid surgery takes out part or all of your thyroid gland. The gland makes hormones that control …
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… Overview The thyroid gland uses iodine from food to make two thyroid hormones : triiodothyronine (T3) and …
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… Condition Basics What are thyroid nodules? Thyroid nodules are growths or lumps in the thyroid gland . This gland controls how your body uses …
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… Condition Basics What is thyroid cancer? Thyroid cancer is the growth of abnormal cells in your thyroid gland . These cells often form small tumours …
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… Overview Thyroid hormones affect every cell and all the organs of the body. Too much thyroid hormone speeds things up and too little … Thyroid hormones are made by the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland makes and releases two …
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… factors and who do not have any symptoms of thyroid problems—which include an underactive thyroid gland ( hypothyroidism ), an overactive thyroid …
