Thyroid Disease : What Is Thyroid Function?

Thyroid function is a balance between various hormone levels, and the thyroid is regulated in the hypothalamus, which puts out a hormone called the thyroid-stimulating hormone. Discover how medical professionals test for thyroid function with help from a physician in this free video on thyroid function.

Expert: David Cathcart
Bio: Dr. David Cathcart has been a physician at Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph, Mo. for over 20 years. He operates the occupational medicine clinic.
Filmmaker: Johnny Cathcart

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[oodles12]

Good video but the hypothalamus releases thyroid releasing hormone not thyroid stimulating hormone. The hypothalamus releases TRH which acts on the pituitary to release TSH.

[presouz]

@oodles12 lol yeah I was going to stay that lol good you did

[Sunnyrach]

explain it better booooooooo i feel tiredd all day even when i wake up ave no energy at all, always want to sleep??

[fetymann]

@PatriotRadioMilitia don't forget about Halogens, like Bromines!

[starfishglitter]

@MsBring theirs hypothyroidism which many people have including me but only some get the effects which include tiredness, weight gain, and depression. You have to get Thyroid gland tests to see if you have any thyroid disorders.

[MsBring]

hi. im doing a project about thyroid disorder but im not sure what thyroid disorder is. what types of thyroid disorder are there? when i do about thyroid disorder what can i write about?

please help. thank you

[Thistledowne27]

I don't have a thyroid gland.

[PatriotRadioMilitia]

FLUORIDE IS WHAT DAMAGES YOU IMMUNE SYSTEM AND Manages YOUR THYROID IT ALSO BLOCKS IODINE UPTAKE ......... GET THE FLUORIDE OUT OF YOUR WATER  just google The Effects Of Fluoride On

The Thyroid Gland

[Elantrix]

@delioromeu High TSH = Underactive Thyroid / Hypothroidism which means your thyroid is not doing it's job to produce enough T3 and T4 hormones.... Low TSH = Overactive Thyroid / Hyperthroedism is the opposite and the the thyroid is producing too much T3 and T4 hormones, possibly due to disease, or taking too high a dose of thyroid hormone replacement drugs.