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Hypothyroidism is a common disorder, but not one that is life threatening. Of course, the symptoms and signs that come alongside this disease can be quite debilitating and hard to deal with, but thankfully it\u2019s also a disease that is easily treatable with medication. If you are experiencing any of these indications of having an underactive thyroid, it would be best to make an appointment with your doctor to finally get tested so that if it comes back positive, you can begin treatment quickly and get your life back on track.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
According to the NIH, the thyroid gland \u2018is a vital hormone gland: It plays a major role in the metabolism, growth and development of the human body.\u2019 It also helps regulate a number of body functions by continuously releasing a steady amount of thyroid hormones into the bloodstream, such as body temperature, metabolism, muscle and digestive functions, bone maintenance, as well as brain development. The thyroid gland, which is scientifically known as the glandula thyreoida, can be found at the front of the neck, underneath the voice box, and is shaped like a butterfly. The American Thyroid Association (ATA) shares <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50,34,35,51,52],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}