Thyroid

Iodine therapy is another option for treatment and “is used in coordination with thyroidectomy to completely ablate the thyroid gland and to postoperatively eradicate possible residual cancer” (Nguyen, et al., 2015). Iodine 131 has had a significant part in the treatment and of thyroid cancer since the mid 1940’s (Nguyen, et al., 2015). Iodine 131 works “by entering the thyroid cells via the sodium iodide transporters and emitting short-wavelength beta rays, causing acute cell death” (Nguyen, et

Cari Northrop Ms. Armbruster Anatomy 8 October 2014 Thyroid Cancer “We may never understand illnesses such as cancer. In fact, we may never cure it. But an ounce of prevention is worth more than a million pounds of cure.” -Dave Agus. Cancer is a disease that in some way has affected most of Americans and it proves to be ruthless and unforgiving through the destruction it has caused. Every two minutes in the United Kingdom alone someone is being diagnosed with cancer. With this kind of impact

that is ejected from the nucleus which is very ionizing. The aspect also makes beta electrons very destructive to thyroid tissue as it concentrates the iodine 200x more than any tissue in order to make thyroxine which is an endocrine hormone to regulate at the rate of metabolic processes. This radioisotope is employed in medicine to monitor thyroid gland functioning to treat goitre, thyroid cancer, locate tumours of the brain and liver. Iodine-131 is used in investigations to trace the course of compounds

Graves’ disease was named after Robert J. Graves, MD, around the 1830’s. It is an autoimmune disease indicated by hyperthyroidism due to circulating autoantibodies, which is an antibody that attacks the person’s own body. The immune system attacks the thyroid gland, which causes it to produce too much thyroxine. Thyroxine is a hormone that helps control growth and also regulates metabolism in the body. While the thyroxine levels are high the patient’s metabolic rate increases, which can have an effect

Hashimoto's disease is a condition in which your immune system attacks your thyroid, a small gland at the base of your neck below your laryngeal prominence(Adam's apple.) The thyroid gland is part of your endocrine system, which produces hormones that coordinate many of your body's need.(Mayo Clinic, November 17, 2016) According to www.womenshealth.gov one the reason of having Hashimoto include genes. Research is still be done to determine how genes are involved in having Hashimoto. Genes are one

related to the thyroid gland and its functions. The thyroid gland in the elderly will atrophy causing changes in its hormone production. According to an article by Makin, V., 2015, “Thyroid disorders affect more than 10 percent of patients over the age of 80. About 1.3 percent of those over age 65 developed overt hyperthyroidism with suppressed pituitary thyrotropin (TSH) and elevated free T3/T4 levels, and about 2.1 percent develop subclinical hyperthyroidism (SH).” Even though thyroid disorders can

Hypothyroidism is a complicated disease that affects people all over the world. Hypothyroidism is an endocrine disorder of the butterfly-shaped thyroid gland that negatively affects a person in numerous ways as a result of slowing down the metabolism (Kapustin, 2010). About four to ten percent of the people in the United States above the age of twelve have been diagnosed with hypothyroidism (NIDDK, 2013). Shockingly, this amounts to about eleven million people, not including the numerous people

and symptoms can be noticed as early as the first year. If this condition goes untreated, the aging human will have mild to severe impairment of physical and mental growth. Normally this medical condition results from an abnormal development of the thyroid gland. The first sign of cretinism is poor length growth. This can be seen in children beginning around the age of one. In adults, you may see mental deterioration, swollen skin, and the loss of hair and water. Bone maturation is severely delayed

to boron on semen quality was conducted on boars. Supplemental dietary boron enhanced sperm velocity characteristics and possibly normal morphology without influencing other measures of sperm production and semen quality (Korkmaz et al., 2011). The boron group’s abstinence time was found to be longer than that of the control group (Naghii and Saman, 1997a). Korkmaz et al., (2011) diagnosed oligozoospermia for one of the first two semen samples while the other had a diagnosis of asthenozoospermia;

Previous researchers have affirmed that the family nurse practitioners commonly encounter hypothyroidism, which is an endocrine disorder. According to Al‐jaghbeer (2012), a patient is diagnosed with hypothyroidism when their thyroid gland fails to produce adequate thyroid hormone that facilitates bodily metabolic demands. Gaitonde (2012) mentions that cognitive impairment, dyslipidemia, hypertension, neuromuscular dysfunctional as well as infertility are the major risks contributed by untreated hypothyroidism