Thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland in the front of your neck. It makes hormones that control the way the body uses energy. These hormones affect nearly every organ in your body and control many of your body’s most important functions.
Thyroid Disease/ Abnormal Thyroid
Hypothyroidism:
A condition in which the thyroid gland doesn’t produce enough thyroid hormone.
Hyperthyroidism:
Overproduction of the thyroid hormone.
Goiter:
Abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland (due to iodine deficiency).
Thyroiditis:
Inflammation of the thyroid gland.
Thyroid cancer
