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Overview: The only book you need to understand and treat your thyroid condition. Combining the expertise of two pioneers in the field-world-renowned thyroid specialist Kenneth Ain, M.D., and bestselling thyroid author and bioethicist M. Sara Rosenthal, Ph.D. The Complete Thyroid Book provides all the essential information on the diagnosis, options, and treatment of thyroid disease. Completely updated with the latest research, this book provides a comprehensive look at tests, scans, and state-of-the-art therapies and treatments for every type of thyroid condition. The Complete Thyroid Book, now revised and updated, is your source for information on: Thyroid hormone and all other medications used in thyroid treatment; Thyroid disease in special populations, including pregnant women, menopausal women, infants, children, and the elderly; Nutrition, environmental issues, and public health; This second edition of The Complete Thyroid Book gives you expert advice based on the latest research.

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Health & Fitness, Nonfiction, Thyroid Diseases, Popular works, Thyroid gland, Popular Works, Diseases, Coping with illness, Health/Fitness, Consumer Health, Diseases - General, Health & Fitness / Diseases / General, Diet / Health / Fitness, Endocrinology & Metabolism, MEDICAL, Thyroid gland, diseases
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why we're passionate about thyroid disease
Part 1: Basics:
1: What is the thyroid, and what does it do?:
How it formed, where it is, what it does
Introduction to thyroid hormone
2: Tests and labs: diagnosing thyroid disease:
Tests that measure thyroid hormone levels
TSH: the most sensitive test to assess thyroid hormone status
Thyroglobulin: the specific thyroid protein
Thyroid hormone-binding proteins
Measuring thyroid antibodies
Dynamic tests of thyroid function
Tests of metabolism
Radioactive thyroid tests
X-Rays, ultrasounds, and other diagnostic pictures
Pathology: do you need surgery? What did the surgeon find?
3: Hypothyroidism: the most common problem:
Why am I hypothyroid?
Slowing down: signs of hypothyroidism
Diagnosing hypothyroidism
Treating hypothyroidism
Why do I still feel hypothyroid?
4: Too much thyroid hormone: thyrotoxicosis:
Symptoms of too much thyroid hormone
Emotional effects of thyrotoxicosis
Causes of thyrotoxicosis without hyperthyroidism
Thyrotoxicosis with hyperthyroidism
Intrinsic thyroid autonomy: independent thyroid hormone manufacturers
Diagnosing thyrotoxicosis and/or hyperthyroidism
Treating thyrotoxicosis
5: Hashimoto's thyroiditis and other types of thyroiditis:
What is an autoimmune disorder?
Hashimoto's thyroiditis
Other common autoimmune disorders
Other forms of thyroiditis
6: Graves' disease:
What happens in Graves' disease?
Diagnosing Graves' disease
Treating Graves' disease
Screening family members for Graves' disease
Are there natural therapies for Graves' disease?
7: Goiter: an enlarged thyroid gland:
Evaluating a goiter
Types of goiter
8: Thyroid nodules
Finding a thyroid nodule
Steps in evaluating a thyroid nodule
Hot nodules
Radiation exposure to the neck during childhood
9: Thyroid cancer:
Who gets thyroid cancer?
What causes thyroid cancer?
Types of thyroid cancers and their behavior
Treatment for papillary and follicular thyroid cancers
Diagnostic evaluation: long-term follow-up
10: Thyroid hormone: the inside scoop:
How it all started
T4: the details
T3: specific and limited uses
Mixtures of T3 and T4
Thyroid extracts, or natural thyroid hormone
11: Other drugs used in thyroid disease:
Drugs used to treat hyperthyroidism
Stable iodide
Potassium perchlorate
Lithium carbonate
Treatment of hypoparathyroidism: low calcium
12: Radioactive iodine therapy:
What is radioactivity?
Types of treatment with radioactive iodine
Part 2: People In Special Circumstances:
13: Thyroid disease in pregnancy and after delivery:
Normal thyroid in pregnancy
Being pregnant with preexisting thyroid disease
Gestational thyroid disease (thyroid disease during pregnancy)
Discovering thyroid nodules in pregnancy
After the baby is born
14: Thyroid disease during menopause:
Natural menopause
HRT, menopause, and thyroid disease
Osteoporosis
Staying alert about heart disease
15: Thyroid disease in infants and children:
Thyroid disease in newborns and infants
Thyroid disease in children and adolescents
16: Thyroid disease and obesity:
Defining obesity
Inappropriate drug treatments for obesity
Lowering fat and healthy eating
17: Thyroid disease in older individuals:
Hypothyroidism in older persons
Thyrotoxicosis in older persons
Other thyroid problems
Thyroid disease in a person with Alzheimer's disease
18: Thyroid hormone resistance and rare genetic disorders of the thyroid:
Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) or thyroid hormone resistance
Pituitary and hypothalamic diseases and other genetic disorders
Part 3: Living Well After Treatment:
19: Thyroid misconceptions and misinformation:
False statements about hypothyroidism
Misconceptions about radioactive iodine (RAI)
Other myths about thyroid cancer
20: Special diets for thyroid disease and healthy eating:
High-fiber diet for hypothyroidism
Low-iodine diet (LID)
What to eat if you're hyperthyroid
What to eat after treatment for thyroid disease
Mediterranean diet
21: Making an informed decision:
Standards of care
What you should know about ethical guidelines in health care
Steps toward informed decision making
Part 4: Complications Of Thyroid Disease:
22: Coping with thyroid eye disease:
What is thyroid eye disease?
Battling the bulge: treating TED
Dry eyes
23: Coping with depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders:
Unipolar depression and hypothyroidism
Anxiety, panic disorder, and thyroid disease
When your body feels your emotional pain: somatization disorder
24: Coping with heart disease:
Heart complications from hypothyroidism
Heart complications from thyrotoxicosis
25: Coping with fatigue:
Normal fatigue
Abnormal fatigue: chronic fatigue syndrome
26: Thyroid and public health:
Environmental issues in thyroid and endocrine disease
Screening fertile women for hypothyroidism
Iodine deficiency in pregnancy
Radioactive iodine shortage
Potassium iodide in the age of nuclear reactors and terrorism
Appendix A: Thyroid links on the web
Appendix B: Links to other conditions related to thyroid disease
Glossary
Supportive literature
Index.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
616.4/4
Library of Congress
RC655 .A36 2011, RC655.A36 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 366 p.
Number of pages
366

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27025426M
Internet Archive
completethyroidb00kken
ISBN 10
0071743480
ISBN 13
9780071743488
LCCN
2010029780
OCLC/WorldCat
649804738
Amazon ID (ASIN)

Work Description

The ultimate resource for the growing number of thyroid disease sufferers Bestselling thyroid health author M. Sara Rosenthal has teamed up with world-renowned thyroid expert Kenneth B. Ain, M.D., to bring you the most up-to-date guide to understanding and managing virtually every type of thyroid problem, including Hashimotos disease, Graves' disease, and thyroid cancer. An exhaustive source of information in accessible language with expert guidance, The Complete Thyroid Book:Is the only guide covering all state-of-the-art therapies and treatments for every clinically recognized thyroid condition Describes all diagnostic tests, scans, various forms of thyroid hormone, and all other medications used in thyroid disease treatment Offers expert advice for pregnancy, menopause, infants and children, obesity, and elderly people '

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