2023-11-14 07:00:07
Located at the base of the neck, the thyroid is a gland whose role is to produce hormones essential for the proper functioning of the body.
In the presence of which symptom(s) should a blood test, TSH measurement be performed? (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone), to check if the thyroid is working well? How to differentiate signs of fatigue from real thyroid disease?
Pr Abdoulaye Leye, endocrinologist-diabetologist. Teacher-researcher at the Faculty of Medicine ofCheikh Anta Diop University from Dakar (UCAD) to Senegal. Head of the Internal Medicine/Endocrinology-Diabetology Department at the National University Hospital Center of Pikine, in the suburbs of Dakar. Director of the Institute of Medical-Social Welfare at UCAD.
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