14: A Tale Of Two Thyroids: Testing and Treatment of Hypo and Hyperthyroidism

Confessions of a Male Gynecologist · Oct 27, 2022 · 41m

Thyroid hormone is one of the two hormones that are critical to our survival.

Unfortunately, thyroid disease is very common, and women are around five to eight times more likely to be diagnosed with a thyroid condition than a man.

In my practice, I see many women who have either been diagnosed with thyroid disease or who have subclinical thyroid disease, where they have all the symptoms but have often been dismissed by doctors because their labs are within the normal range.

Today I'm exploring the role of the thyroid in our bodies, different types of thyroid disease, why I don't think we…