Thyroid For Dummies (eBook)

Alan L. Rubin, MD has over thirty years' experience treating thyroid conditions and is the co-author of Diabetes For Dummies. Dr. Sarah Brewer is the co-author of Arthritis For Dummies, a health writer and broadcaster, and a former Health Journalist of the Year.

Introduction.

Part I: Understanding the Thyroid.

Chapter 1: Bigging It Up: The Huge Role of a Little Gland.

Chapter 2: Feeling Fragile: The Emotional Effects of ThyroidProblems.

Chapter 3: Discovering How Your Thyroid Works.

Chapter 4: Testing Your Thyroid.

Part II: Treating Thyroid Problems.

Chapter 5: Dealing with an Underactive Thyroid.

Chapter 6: Taming an Overactive Thyroid.

Chapter 7: Getting the Low-Down on Thyroid Nodules.

Chapter 8: Coping with Thyroid Cancer.

Chapter 9: Learning about Multinodular Goitres.

Part III: Managing Your Thyroid.

Chapter 10: Taking Care with Drugs That Affect Your Thyroid.

Chapter 11: Spotting Thyroid Infections and Inflammation.

Chapter 12: Overcoming Iodine Deficiency Disease.

Chapter 13: Going In: Surgery on the Thyroid Gland.

Chapter 14: Exciting New Approaches in Thyroid Treatment.

Chapter 15: Living with Thyroid Problems: Diet and Exercise.

Chapter 16: Helping Yourself: Herbs and Homeopathy.

Part IV: Special Considerations in Thyroid Health.

Chapter 17: Examining the Genetic Link to Thyroid Disease.

Chapter 18: Controlling Thyroid Disease during Pregnancy.

Chapter 19: Developing Thyroid Conditions in Childhood.

Chapter 20: Maturing: Thyroid Disease in Later Life.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 21: Ten Myths about Thyroid Health.

Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Maximise Thyroid Health.

Part VI: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Glossary of Terms.

Appendix B: Sources of More Information.

Index.