ISBN:

• 9781440529481
• 9781440528538
• 1440528535

Description: xii, 291 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

• Guide to thyroid disease
• Thyroid disease

Notes:

• "From potential causes to treatment options, all you need to know to manage your condition and improve your life"--Cover.
• "Contains material adapted and abridged from 'The everything health guide to thyroid disease, ' by Theodore C. Friedman and Winnie Yu"--Title page verso.
• Includes bibliographical references (page 287) and index.

Contents:

• All about your thyroid
• The unhealthy thyroid
• Choosing a thyroid doctor
• Hypothyroidism
• Treating hypothyroidism
• Hashimoto's thyroiditis
• Hyperthyroidism
• Treating hyperthyroidism
• Graves' disease
• Goiters and nodules
• Thyroid cancer
• Thyroid disease and the endocrine system
• Imitators of thyroid disease
• Pregnancy and your thyroid
• Thyroid disease and children
• Thyroid disease and aging
• How the environment affects the thyroid
• Complications of thyroid disease
• The battle with weight
• Good thyroid nutrition
• Healthy living with thyroid disease.

LCCN: 2011278392

Control Number: 2647839

Series: Everything series.

Subjects:

• Thyroid gland -- Diseases -- Treatment.
• Thyroid gland -- Diseases.

Other Authors:

• Friedman, Theodore C. Everything health guide to thyroid disease.
• Scherer, Winnie.