It will remain in its tadpole state, so it wont become a frog
Yes, half of the thyroid gland can be surgically removed. This surgery is known as a partial thyroidectomy. It is common that after half of the thyroid gland is surgically removed that a patient will need to start taking daily thyroid medication.
lose of hormones
When the thyroid gland is removed, there is no production of thyroid hormones. Therefore, a person is usually put on daily thyroid medication as prescribed by their physician. This person is also treated in a similar way as those with hypothyroidism, or the under production of thyroid hormones.
Yes! a thyroid gland IS an endocrine gland
The thyroid gland.
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A person might need to have their thyroid gland removed if there is concern that they might have thyroid cancer, or that it has been confirmed that they have thyroid cancer. Another reason for removing the thyroid gland is to help treat hyperthyroidism or Graves' disease.Related Article: Hyperthyroidism and Graves' DiseaseRelated Article: Thyroid Cancer Prognosis: What to Expect
thyroid gland
The only effect of TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) is to stimulate the thyroid gland tissue to produce thyroxine. If there is no longer a thyroid gland to stimulate, the TSH is produced in great abundance, but with no effect.
If a person has suffered from thyroid cancer, and has had their thyroid gland surgically removed in order to treat the cancer, that person would then have the most severe form of hypothyroidism, which is to have no thyroid gland at all.
If the thyroid gland is removed, you will become hypOthyroid. This will first make you sick, and if you do not begin taking replacement medication for the missing hormones, you will eventually die. Your body cannot survive without thyroid hormone which is responsible for the metabolism of each and every cell of your body.
The thyroid gland