Thyroid disease

Your thyroid produces thyroid hormone ,  which controls many activities in your body, including how fast you burn calories and how fast your heart beats. Diseases of the thyroid cause it to make either too much or too little of the hormone. Depending on how much or how little hormone your thyroid makes, you may often feel restless or tired, or you may lose or gain weight. Women are more likely than men to have thyroid diseases, especially right after pregnancy and after menopause. What is the thyroid? How do thyroid problems affect women? Are some women more at risk for thyroid disease? What kinds of thyroid disease affect women? What is hypothyroidism? What are the signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism? How is hypothyroidism treated? What is hyperthyroidism? What are the signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism? How is hyperthyroidism treated? What is thyroiditis? What is postpartum thyroiditis? Who is at...