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Thyroid
Thyroid – is a gland in the lower part of your neck responsible for hormone secretion. Also it controls energy burning and protein making and regulates the blood calcium level. Many factors stimulate the development of different problems with thyroid: lifestyle, environmental exposure, radiation, nutrition, heredity, stress etc. The most common thyroid diseases are: hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism, thyroid cancer, goiter, thyroid nodules, thyroiditis and etc. Many people have thyroid illness, without even suspecting it. It is usually diagnosed by means of blood testing or taking x-rays or imaging tests. Thyroid disorder has to be treated properly. The choice of treatment depends on the type of disease, stage; the options are: drugs, surgery, radioiodine therapy, alternative medicine etc.
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