Thyroid: The Butterfly of Metabolism

Daniela Pace is Medical Doctor and Surgeon, specialized in Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders, and an expert in Neck Ultrasound. She holds a Doctoral Degree in Endocrine, Metabolic, and Andrological Sciences, and has completed a Level II Master's program in Clinical and Interventional Ultrasound of the neck. Currently, she works at the San Carlo di Nancy Hospital in Rome and is a lecturer at the S.I.U.M.B. School (Italian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology) for ultrasound diagnosis and percutaneous therapies of endocrine pathologies. She is also involved in the "International School and Training Lab of Interventional Ultrasound-Assisted Procedures" with a particular focus on thyroid protection ("Save your thyroid").

Part 1: LET'S GET TO KNOW THE THYROID.- 1.1. The structure of the thyroid.- 1.2. How it works.- 1.3. What it's for... .- 1.4. The thyroid's best friends: Iodine and Selenium: When iodine is lacking: A pinch of intelligence: use a little salt, but iodized!: Selenium, an excellent ally: The winning combination!.- 1.5. Parathyroids, the guardians of calcium!: How do they work?: And if they lose balance?: Remember that.....: Hyperthyroidism, the insidious enemy.- Part 2: WHEN THE THYROID GETS SICK.- 2.1. Goiter: What is a goiter?: What to do to prevent its formation?.- 2.2. When the thyroid works too much... or too little: An overactive thyroid: Why does it happen?: How is it treated?: An underactive thyroid: Why does it happen?: How is hypothyroidism treated?.- 2.3. Thyroiditis and autoimmune diseases: Subacute thyroiditis: Acute thyroiditis: Autoimmune diseases: Chronic Hashimoto's thyroiditis: Graves' disease.- 2.4. Nodules: How to find them?: What to do?: Remember that... .- Part 3: THE THYROID AT EVERY AGE.- 3.1. When the thyroid is young: "I" as in iodine and as in intellect!: And if the thyroid gets sick?.- 3.2. When the thyroid ages: The thyroid in the elderly: Hypothyroidism: Hyperthyroidism, the insidious enemy..- 3.3 When Mom is expecting a baby: What happens during pregnancy: Mom, remember iodine!: A great disruption: Too many hormones during pregnancy: When hormones are too low: Hypothyroidism and miscarriage: The discovery of a nodule: After childbirth: Remember that... .- Part 4: WHAT TO DO IF THE THYROID GETS SICK.- 4.1. Blood tests... .- 4.2. Thyroid ultrasound.- 4.3. Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration.- 4.4. Thyroid scintigraphy: Remember that... .- Part 5: HOW AND WHEN TO TREAT THE THYROID.- 5.1. Medications for treating the thyroid.- 5.2. Surgery.- 5.3. Radioactive iodine therapy.- 5.4. Minimally invasive techniques guided by ultrasound.- 5.5. Robotic surgery: Remember that... .- CONCLUSIONS.