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Thyroid

Your thyroid gland produces hormones that help control your metabolism. Understand more about this gland and how it affects your body.

About your thyroid

Thyroid blood test kit

How to test your thyroid function

5-minute read

Thyroid butterfly-shaped gland

What does your thyroid gland do?

2-minute read

Thyroid antibodies — blood samples in test tubes

What are thyroid antibodies?

2-minute read

Thyroid conditions

Woman touching thyroid gland on front of neck

Underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism)

5-minute read

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Overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism)

3-minute read

Patient with Hashimoto's thyroiditis goitre swelling on their thyroid gland

Hashimoto's disease

4-minute read