Your parathyroid is a foursome of small glands located on top of your thyroid. It secretes PTH hormone for maintaining your body’s balance of calcium and phosphorus.
When your blood calcium level gets low, your parathyroid glands comes to the rescue by excreting PTH to restore a health promoting amount.
PTH hormone regulatory system maintains healthy [...]
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Hypercalcemia is a higher than normal amount of calcium running around in your blood. A key regulator of calcium is a hormone produced by your parthyroid glands.
When the parathyroid hormone is overproduced, a hyperparathyroid condition is the most common cause of hypercalcemia.
Hypercalcemia caused by excess of parathyroid hormone is what’s known as primary hyperparathyroidism. [...]
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Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease, is simply stated an underactive thyroid. Afflicted with this disease, your thyroid gland does not make a sufficient amount of thyroid hormones for maintenance of a healthy balanced functioning body.
Not everyone has symptoms associated with their Hashimoto. But those that do may experience:
fatigue
dry skin
confusion
slow pulse
depression
drowsiness
weight gain
constipation
forgetfulness
muscle cramps
puffy eyes/face
cold [...]
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Your thyroid is a gland in your neck, just below and surrounding your “Adam’s apple.” Its function is to make and release hormones. These hormones play an essential role in setting your metabolism.
If you have a thyroid disease, which millions, mostly women, do, then your body’s energy usage either speeds up or slows down. If [...]
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If your thyroid gland’s production of its hormones are below the amount necessary to maintain your normal bodily functions, then you may be suffering from hypothyroidism. This condition, also known as having an underactive thyroid, plays a gigantic role in setting the rate of your metabolism.
In the case of hypothyroidism, your body does not [...]
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Hyperthyroidism, also known as overactive thyroid, is a condition wherein there is too much thyroid hormone running around in your body. If your body is drenched in excessive thyroid hormones, then the pace of your metabolism is sped up.
A sped up metabolism might be top billing on an overweight individual’s wish list. However [...]
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Thyroiditis is used in broad reference to any thyroid gland inflammation, and the causes for this inflammation do vary quite a bit. Thyroid conditions creating symptoms arise from either too much or too little of thyroid gland producing hormones cruising around your body.
Basically, the three types of symptom producing conditions result from:
thyrotoxicosis
hypothyroidism
hyperthyroidism
Any consequential symptoms [...]
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Is your body in a state of anxiety and your mind hasn’t a care in the world? Except perhaps the care about your body’s state of anxiety.
Millions of Americans are affected by a malfunctioning thyroid. Your thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland in your neck situated just below your Adam’s apple. Its main purpose is [...]
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Graves’ Disease is associated with swelling of the tissue around the eyes, exhibiting an appearance of bulging or protruding eye(s). It is a type of autoimmune disease that causes over-activity of the thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism).
Your thyroid gland helps set the rate of metabolism, which is the rate at which your body uses energy. If your [...]
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Metabolism disorders, conditions or diseases involve aberrant chemical reactions of enzymes or hormones in your body’s cells. Most metabolism problems arise out of the level or function of these enzymes or hormones, both of which are needed for your body to function normally.
Serious symptoms may result anytime you have a deficiency or buildup of [...]
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