Help! My thyroid is enlarged!

…medications, or RAI, or removal. More here to consider in working with your doctor. DYSHORMONOGETIC GOITER This kind of goiter is more rare and can genetically run in families. “Patients…

References on Thyroid Hormone Usefulness

…hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. I. Prevalence and clinical relevance. NethJofMed 1994;46:197-204 Serum thyroid tests Ladenson PW. Optimal laboratory testing for diagnosis and monitoring of thyroid nodules, goiter, and thyroid cancer. Clin…

Iodine and your thyroid

…to the use of iodized salt were devoid of lymphocytes, and nodular colloid goiters with dense lymphocytic infiltrates were found after the introduction of iodized salt in 1924”. Furszyfer et…

Selenium

…coupled with a severe iodine deficiency does the latter occur. Iodine deficiency also causes goiter but a selenium deficiency results in a “weighty” or heavy thyroid as evidenced by ultrasound…