YOU & YOUR THYROID
Mar 19, 2021
4 minutes
BY CARLA COETZEE
IT SITS low in your neck, across your windpipe, and is shaped a like a butterfly. Most of us don’t give this humble little gland a second thought. Because when it’s working, you have no reason to think about it.
But when your thyroid isn’t functioning as it should, it can create chaos in your body in ways you’d could never imagine. It could be the culprit behind symptoms such as unexplained weight gain, an inability to focus, depression and even dementia.
The thyroid can sometimes work overtime – called an overactive thyroid – or be underactive, with each of these conditions causing a
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