Thyroid Disease

This text gives details of the many forms of thyroid disease and outlines the forms of treatment available. Aimed at patients and their relatives as well as health professionals, it includes sections on enlargement of the thyroid, thyroid problems during pregnancy and thyroid cancer.

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Disorders of the thyroid gland are common. World-wide, some 200 million people have enlargement of this gland. This second edition has been rewritten and embraces the many important advances in the treatment of thyroid problems. It provides information about all types of thyroid disorder. As people with thyroid disease know more about their disorder, they are able to cooperate better with treatment and their anxieties about the problem will be reduced. This book provides patients, their friends and relatives with an updated, readable account of disorders of the thyroid and the treatments which are now available. New sections have been added to answer questions frequently asked by thyroid patients. There are chapters on over-activity and underactivity of the thyroid, enlargement of the thyroid, cancer of the thyroid, thyroid problems during pregnancy and other disorders and diseases of the thyroid.