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| 1. |
What Is the Thyroid, and What Does It Do? |
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1.1 |
How It Formed, Where It Is, What It Does |
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1.2 |
An Introduction to Thyroid Hormone
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| 2. |
Test and Labs: Diagnosing Thyroid Disease |
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2.1 |
Tests That Measure Thyroid Hormone Levels |
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2.2 |
TSH: The Most Sensitive Test to Assess Thyroid Hormone Status |
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2.3 |
Thyroglobulin: The Specific Thyroid Protein |
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2.4 |
Thyroid Hormone-Binding Proteins |
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2.5 |
Measuring Thyroid Antibodies |
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2.6 |
Dynamic Tests of Thyroid Function |
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2.7 |
Tests of Metabolism |
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2.8 |
Radioactive Thyroid Tests |
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2.9 |
X-Rays, Ultrasounds, and Other Diagnostic Pictures |
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2.10 |
Pathology, Do You Nedd Surgery? What Did the Surgeon Find? |
| 3. |
Hypothyroidism: The Most Common Problem |
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3.1 |
Why Am I Hypothyroid? 39 Slowing Down: Signs of Hypothyroidism |
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3.2 |
Diagnosing Hypothyroidism |
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3.3 |
Treating Hypothyroidism |
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3.4 |
Why Do I Still Feel Hypothyroid |
| 4. |
Too Much Thyroid Hormone: Thyrotoxicosis |
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4.1 |
Symptoms of Too Much Thyroid Hormone |
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4.2 |
The Emotional Effects of Thyrotoxicosis |
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4.3 |
Causes of Thyrotoxicosis Without Hyperthyroidism? |
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4.4 |
Thyrotoxicosis with Hyperthyroidism |
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4.5 |
Intrinsic Thyroid Autonomy: Independent Thyroid Hormone Manufacturers |
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4.6 |
Diagnosing Thyrotoxicosis and/or Hyperthyroidism |
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4.7 |
Treating Thyrotoxicosis |
| 5. |
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and Other Types of Thyroiditis |
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5.1 |
What Is an Autoimmune Disorder? |
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5.2 |
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis |
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5.3 |
Other Common Autoimmune Disorders |
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5.4 |
Other Forms of Thyroiditis |
| 6. |
Graves' Disease |
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6.1 |
What Happens in Graves' Disease? |
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6.2 |
Diagnosing Graves' Disease |
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6.3 |
Treating Graves' Disease |
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6.4 |
Screening Family Members for Graves' Disease |
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6.5 |
Are There Natural Therapies for Graves' Disease? |
| 7. |
Goiter: An Enlarged Thyroid Gland |
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7.1 |
Evaluating a Goiter |
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7.2 |
Types of Goiter |
| 8. |
Thyroid Nodules |
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8.1 |
Finding a Thyroid Nodule |
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8.2 |
Steps in Evaluating a Thyroid Nodule |
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8.3 |
Hot Nodules |
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8.4 |
Radiation Exposure to the Neck During Childhood |
| 9. |
Thyroid Cancer |
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9.1 |
Who Gets Thyroid Cancer? |
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9.2 |
What Causes Thyroid Cancer? |
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9.3 |
Types of Thyroid Cancers and Their Behavior |
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9.4 |
Treatment for Papillary and Follicular Thyroid Cancers |
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9.5 |
Diagnosis Evaluation: Long-Term Follow-Up |
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Thyroid Hormone: The Inside Scoop |
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10.1 |
How It All Started |
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10.2 |
T4: The Details |
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10.3 |
T3: Specific and Limited Users |
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10.4 |
Mixtures of T3 and T4 |
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10.5 |
Thyroid Extracts, or Natural Thyroid Hormone |
| 11. |
Other Drugs Used in Thyroid Disease |
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11.1 |
Drugs Used to Treat Hyperthyroidism |
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11.2 |
Stable Iodide 162 Potassium Perchlorate |
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11.3 | Lithium Carbonate |
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11.4 |
Treatment of Hypoparathyroidism: Low Calcium |
| 12. |
Radioactive Iodine Theraphy |
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12.1 |
What Is Radioactivity |
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12.2 |
Types of Treatment with Radioactive Iodine |
| 13. |
Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy and After Delivery |
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13.1 |
The Normal Thyroid in Pregnancy |
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13.2 |
Being Pregnant with Preexisting Thyroid Disease |
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13.3 |
Gestational Thyroid Disease (Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy) |
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13.4 |
Discovering Thyroid Nodules in Pregnancy |
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13.5 |
After the Baby is Born |
| 14. |
Thyroid Disease During Menopause |
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14.1 | Natural Menopause |
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14.2 |
HRT, Menopause, and Thyroid Disease |
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14.3 |
Osteoporosis |
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14.4 |
Staying Alert About Heart Disease |
| 15. |
Thyroid Disease in Infants and Children |
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15.1 |
Thyroid Disease in Newborns and Infants |
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15.2 |
Thyroid Disease in Children and Adolescents |
| 16. |
Thyroid Disease and Obesity |
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16.1 |
Defining Obesity |
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16.2 |
Inappropriate Drug Treatments for Obesity |
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16.3 |
Lowering Fat and Healthy Eating |
| 17. |
Thyroid Disease and Older Individuals |
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17.1 |
Hypothyroidism in Older Persons |
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17.2 |
Thyrotoxicosis in Older Persons |
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17.3 |
Other Thyroid Problems |
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17.4 |
Thyroid Disease in a Person with Alzheimer's Disease |
| 18. |
Thyroid Hormone Resistance and Rare Genetic Disorders of the Thyroid |
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18.1 |
Resistance to Thyroid Hormone (RTH) or Thyroid Hormone Resistance |
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18.2 |
Pituitary and Hypothalamic Diseases and Other Genetic Disorders |
| 19. |
Thyroid Misconceptions and Misinformation |
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19.1 |
False Statements About Hypothyroidism |
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19.2 |
Misconceptions About Radioactive Iodine (RAT) |
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19.3 |
Other Myths About Thyroid Cancer |
| 20. |
Special Diets for Thyroid Disease and Healthy Eating |
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20.1 |
The High-Fiber Diet for Hypothyroidism 271 The Low-Iodine Diet (LID) |
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20.2 |
What to Eat if You're Hyperthyroid |
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20.3 |
What to Eat After Treatment for Thyroid Disease |
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20.4 |
The Mediterranean Diet |
| 21. |
Making an Informed Decision |
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21.1 |
The Standards of Care |
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21.2 |
What You Should Know About Ethical Guidelines in Health Care |
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21.3 |
Steps Toward Informed Decision Making |
| 22. |
Coping with Thyroid Eye Disease |
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22.1 |
What Is Thyroid Eye Disease? |
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22.2 |
Battling the Bulge: Treating TED |
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22.3 |
Dry Eyes |
| 23. |
Coping with Depression, Anxiety, and Other Mental Health Disorders |
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23.1 |
Unipolar Depression and Hypothyroidism |
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23.2 |
Anxiety, Panic Disorder, and Thyroid Disease |
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23.3 |
When Your Body Feels Your Emotional Pain: Somatization Disorder |
| 24. |
24 Coping with Heart Disease |
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24.1 |
Heart Complications from Hypothyroidism |
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24.2 |
Heart Complications from Thyrotoxicosis |
| 25. |
25 Coping with Fatigue |
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25.1 |
Normal Fatigue |
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25.2 |
Abnormal Fatigue: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
| 26. |
26 Thyroid and Public Health |
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26.1 |
Environmental Issues in Thyroid and Endocrine Disease |
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26.2 |
Screening Fertile Women for Hypothyroidism |
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26.3 |
Iodine Deficiency in Pregnancy |
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26.4 |
The Radioactive Iodine Shortage |
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26.5 |
Potassium Iodide in the Age of Nuclear Reactors and Terrorism |
| Appendix A: Thyroid Links on the Web |
| Appendix B: Links to Other Conditions Related to Thyroid Disease |
| Glossary |
| Supportive Literature |
| Index |