Synopses & Reviews
Disorders of the thyroid gland are common, and as people with thyroid disease come to learn about their condition, they are better able to sustain treatment, and anxieties related to their problem can be significantly reduced. This new edition has been revised to include the important advances in the treatment of thyroid conditions that have been made since the publication of the first edition, providing information on the many types of thyroid disorders. Using the principles of evidence-based medicine, a number of "best practice" protocols have been created for specific thyroid diseases, and are included in this text.
Table of Contents
1. The thyroid gland
2. Things that go wrong with the thyroid
3. How your doctor finds out what is wrong
4. Overactivity of the thyroid due to Graves' disease
5. The eye changes associated with Graves' disease
6. Other causes of thyroid activity
7. Hashimoto's thyroiditis
8. Underactivity of the thyroid and its causes
9. Subacute viral thyroiditis
10. Simple non-toxic goitre
11. Multinodular goitre and the solitary nodule
12. Cancer of the thyroid
13. Thyroid problems in pregnancy and afterwards
14. Miscellaneous disorders of the thyroid gland
15. Other diseases associated with thyroid disorders
Glossary of terms
Glossary of drugs
Glossary of patient-support organisations