Wednesday 20 July 2016

What does the thyroid do?


The Thyroid gland is one of the very vital organs in the human body. An endocrine organ, it secretes a hormone that, in terms of comparison with other secretions, plays a very important role in the basic regulatory mechanisms of the body that maintain it. The function of the thyroid gland, is to maintain the body’s metabolites and control the basal metabolic rate.

 This is achieved by the hormones T3 and T4 that are forms of the same hormone which have varying action on various organs that perform metabolic functions. As simple as this sounds, complications in this process can lead to varying ailments that can become chronic requiring constant management and care. This is managed by the thyroid specialists of the medicine world. Endocrinologists with special emphasis on the thyroid, these doctors are skilled in the care and management of thyroid diseases and disorders. Most common treatment modes are medicinal drugs and surgical intervention to cure hyper or hypo thyroidism. By- Amaan

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