One person in twenty will experience a thyroid
problem at some stage. For the sufferer the result can be a bewildering
variety of physical and psychological symptoms, from breathlessness to flaky
skin, and from weariness to irritability. Fortunately, once thyroid disease
has been diagnosed, the chances of successful treatment are high.
Modern approaches to management, involving drugs or occasionally surgery,
allow most people with thyroid problems to overcome them completely. In
clear non-technical language, Dr Toft explains the working of the thyroid,
what can go wrong, and how the problems are treated.
Dr Anthony Toft CBE, MD, FRCP is a Consultant
Physician and Endocrinologist at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh where
he specialises in the diagnosis and management of patients with thyroid
disease. Dr Toft has been President of the British Thyroid Association and
President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. |
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