Your Thyroid Surgery Scar: What to Expect and How to Care for It
The appearance of the scar after thyroid surgery is one of the most common patient concerns, and it almost always turns out better than…
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TIRADS 1 and TIRADS 2: When Your Ultrasound Results Are Telling You There Is Minimal Risk
Not every Ultrasound TIRADS result is a problem. TIRADS 1 and TIRADS 2 are the reassuring categories at the bottom of the scale. They mean…
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Toxic Thyroid Nodule: Surgery, RF-Ablation, RAI, or Meds. Which Is Right?
A toxic thyroid nodule causes hyperthyroidism without an autoimmune cause. The treatment options differ in important ways from those for…
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TSH Suppression After Thyroid Cancer: Why Your Target Is Lower Than Normal
For patients who have been treated for thyroid cancer, the TSH target on levothyroxine therapy is often lower than the standard reference…
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Voice Changes After Thyroid Surgery: What Is Normal, What Is Not, and When to Act
Voice changes after thyroid surgery are one of the most common patient concerns and one of the most often misunderstood. Some degree of…
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Thyroid Surgery Recovery Week by Week: What to Expect from Day 1 to Month 6
Most patients recover faster from thyroid surgery than they initially expect. The first week is uncomfortable but not painful in the way…
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Whole-Body Iodine Scan After Thyroid Cancer Surgery
The whole-body iodine scan uses radioactive iodine (RAI) to find thyroid cells anywhere in the body. After thyroid cancer surgery, it is…
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Free T4 and Free T3: What These Thyroid Numbers Mean
Once you understand TSH, the next questions are about the hormones themselves. Free T4 and Free T3 are the actual thyroid hormones…
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Hyperthyroid vs Hypothyroid Symptoms
Tired or wired? Cold or hot? Gaining weight or losing it? Hyperthyroid and hypothyroid symptoms sit at opposite ends of the spectrum, and…
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