Q: Which doctor treats goitre? A: Goitre is treated by an endocrinologist. The patient may be referred to a surgeon if surgery is needed. A: Colloid goitre or adenomatous nodules is prevalent in areas ...

An impression has spread through this country that goiter, particularly in children, is a frequent sequence of communicable disease. To check up on so general an impression was Surgeon General Hugh S.

Surgeons at Nyeri County Referral Hospital perform thyroid surgery on a patient. [Kibata Kihu, Standard] In the realm of medical challenges, Dr Geoffrey Omolo, a specialist physician and ...

Characterised by multiple growths in the thyroid gland, multinodular Goitre (MNG) is typically benign but carries a small cancer risk. Factors like family history and nodule features influence cancer ...

A rare operation was performed by surgeons at King George's Medical University (KGMU) on Monday. The case was a specimen of what ignorance can do to a simple goitre node.

RECENT studies on sporadic goitrous cretinism 1–5 have called attention to the interesting paradox of hypothyroidism associated with a hyperplastic nodular goiter. These studies have demonstrated an ...

I would like to know, what food can help and hinder my thyroid. I do have underactive thyroid, and have had it for 4 years now, but only just found out how important it is. I would like any ...

Four years ago, 40-year-old Pauline Edokpaye, who had lived in Badagry for six years, began to notice some swelling around her neck. She was uncomfortable, but did not understand what it was all about ...