Medically reviewed by Isabel Casimiro, MD, PhD A TSH test measures the level of thyroid-stimulating hormone in your blood.

Other influences, such as trouble sleeping or social isolation, also may play a role. People with hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism often have symptoms of depression. A 2018 systematic review found ...

Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism have opposite effects. With hyperthyroidism, or overactive thyroid, the thyroid gland makes too much thyroid hormone. The greater amount of thyroid hormone ...

Thyroid blood tests are an important part of diagnosing and treating thyroid disease. Based on how high or low the different values are—including key hormones such as TSH and T4—the lab can determine ...

Thyroid cancer is occasionally associated with hyperthyroidism. Papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most frequently reported histologic type followed by follicular thyroid carcinoma. Medullary ...

By Dr. Aakaar Kapoor The thyroid, a little butterfly-shaped gland found at the base of the neck, is essential for general ...

with pregnancy increasing levothyroxine requirements in most women treated for hypothyroidism. Hyperthyroidism is often treated with antithyroid drugs in pregnancy. However, they are not ...

Benign and cancerous thyroid nodules can still cause significant symptoms. Treatment includes radiofrequency ablation.

Research indicates a significant association between SLE and thyroid disorders. Individuals living with SLE are more likely to develop thyroid problems compared to the general population.

A goiter may grow if your thyroid gland is making too much of its hormones (hyperthyroidism), too little of them (hypothyroidism), or a normal amount (euthyroidism). A diagnosis might also refer ...

These growths cause your thyroid to make extra hormones, a condition called hyperthyroidism. They are very rarely cancerous. Only 1%-8% of people with hyperthyroidism develop cancer from these ...