Show 1 Daily Health Service Further Description of Thyroid Gland Trouble By DR l MORRIS lORRIS ORRIS FISHBEIN There are are some types of enlargement of the thyroid gland associated with severe symptoms brought about by toxic or poisonous materials developed de in the gland and circulated through the body In such cases the eyes protrude protrude pro pro- trude the pulse becomes comes rapid the hands shake and in fact the whole body becomes overactive Such people become exceedingly thin since the food is burned up faster than it can be absorbed They also are arc weak and complain of being tired i This condition can ean be diagnosed with witha a fair degree of certainty by the symptoms symptoms symptoms toms that have been mentioned previously previously pre pre- and by a measurement of the basal metabolism This is the test of the rote rate of chemical changes going on in the body IJO y Cs C's o C oThe The patient taking the test has to forego his breakfast He lies quietly for 40 minutes to one hour A dc- dc vice is then applied to measure the output of the patients patient's lungs tongs when he breathes breathes' into it Then by suitable mathematical calculations cal calculations the basal metabolism rate can be determined The normal rates for most people are between plus and minus 7 but occasionally occasionally- rates higher or lower may be normal for some peo pee pie A third type of goiter is due duc to overgrowth overgrowth over over- growth of the cells of the thyroid gland producing a a form of new growth referred to as adenoma Rarely the thyroid gland is also aIso subject subject sub sub- to cancer a ill For any type of enlargement of the thyroid gland eland whether benign o or malignant s surgical operation may be bethe bethe bethe the most desirable method of treatment treat treat- ment It It has the certainty of re removal removal re- re moval of the gland and permits the possibility of f control of the patients patient's symptoms by the prescription of either cither thyroid gland material or Iodine according to the nature of the symptoms Disturbances of the thyroid gland 1 in themselves are are so so serious erious that they should never be bc neglected It It is is like other glands of the body a regulator regulator regulator regu regu- lator of body function Its sIgnificance significance significance cance to the body resembles that of ofa a governor on an engine |