The Thyroid Sourcebook,9780737304954

The Thyroid Sourcebook

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Edition: 4th
ISBN13: 9780737304954
ISBN10: 0737304952
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-11-01
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
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Summary

Answers an overwhelming need for accurate, easily understood, compassionate information about the many conditions that can affect the thyroid and, ultimately, overall health. Covering diseases and disorders from hyperthyroidism to cancer--which, all told, affect millions of lives--this updated edition is a must-have for everyone interested in maintaining good health.

Author Biography

M. Sara Rosenthal is a bestselling health writer whose books include The Gastrointestinal Sourcebook and The Gynecological Sourcebook.

Table of Contents

Foreword xiii
Robert Volpe
Introduction to the Fourth Edition xv
Meet Your Thyroid Gland
1(20)
How Your Thyroid Works
1(7)
Things That Can Go Wrong
8(3)
A Word About the Parathyroid Glands
11(1)
Thyroid Folklore
12(4)
Tracing Thyroid Disease in Your Family
16(5)
Over and Under: Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism
21(24)
Hyperthyroidism: Is It Hot in Here?
22(13)
Hypothyroidism: I'm Cold, Tired, and Depressed
35(8)
Things to Keep in Mind
43(2)
Autoimmune Disorders
45(24)
What Is an Autoimmune Disorder?
45(2)
Who Is Vulnerable to Autoimmune Disorders?
47(1)
Graves' Disease
48(12)
Hashimoto's Disease
60(3)
Other Conditions Linked to Graves' Disease and Hashimoto's Disease
63(6)
Thyroiditis: Inflammation of the Thyroid Gland
69(8)
Subacute Viral Thyroiditis---A Pain in the Neck!
69(2)
Silent Thyroiditis
71(1)
Postpartum Thyroiditis
72(3)
Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis
75(1)
Riedel's Thyroiditis
75(2)
Please Explain Thyroid Nodules
77(12)
Investigating a Single Nodule
78(2)
The Diagnosis
80(4)
Benign Thyroid Nodules
84(1)
Malignant Thyroid Nodules
85(2)
Multinodular Goiters
87(1)
The Nodule Journey
88(1)
When They Tell You It's Cancer
89(28)
Who Is Vulnerable?
90(5)
Types of Thyroid Cancer
95(2)
The Diagnosis for Thyroid Cancer
97(2)
Treatment for Thyroid Cancer
99(13)
Dealing with the ``C'' Word
112(5)
Women and Thyroid Disorders
117(22)
The Menstrual Cycle
119(2)
Oral Contraception
121(1)
Infertility
122(1)
Pregnancy
123(8)
The Breast Connection
131(1)
Menopause
132(2)
Osteoporosis
134(2)
Beyond 60
136(3)
Thyroid Disorders and Men
139(10)
But It's Not a Manly Disease!
139(2)
The Isolation Factor
141(1)
What Kind of Thyroid Problems Are Men Prone To?
142(1)
Hyperthyroidism and Male Reproduction
143(1)
``Before I Was Diagnosed, I Lived My Whole Life Without Knowing What a Thyroid Was!
144(5)
When It's Your Child
149(16)
Fetal Thyroid Disease
150(1)
Thyroid Disease in Newborns
151(3)
Thyroid Disease in Children
154(4)
Thyroid Cancer in Children
158(3)
Children on Thyroid Hormone
161(2)
Asking the Right Questions
163(2)
A Layperson's Guide to Doctors
165(30)
How to Use a Family Physician
166(15)
When to Get a Second Opinion
181(7)
How to Use a Specialist
188(7)
A Layperson's Guide to Radioactive Iodine
195(20)
What Is Radioactive Iodine?
195(1)
Testing
196(4)
Treatment
200(6)
How Radioactive Iodine Affects Healthy Thyroid Glands
206(9)
Thyroid Medication
215(28)
Thyroid Hormone Replacement
215(14)
The T3 Controversy
229(4)
Antithyroid Medication
233(2)
How to Use a Pharmacist
235(8)
I'm Cured-Now What?
243(16)
The Thyroid Outpatient
243(1)
What If I Refuse Treatment?
244(1)
Aging
245(1)
Nutrition
246(8)
Research on the Horizon
254(5)
Appendix: Where to Go for More Information 259(8)
Glossary 267(8)
Bibliography 275(8)
Index 283

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