{"id":2048,"date":"2023-11-27T11:19:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T11:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=2048"},"modified":"2023-11-27T11:19:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T11:19:39","slug":"how-the-thyroid-gland-mystifies-doctors-and-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=2048","title":{"rendered":"How the Thyroid Gland Mystifies Doctors and Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\"><br \/>\n\t\tBy <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/author\/oona-tempest\/\"><strong>Oona Tempest<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/author\/andy-miller\/\"><strong>Andy Miller<\/strong><\/a>\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"posted-on\" datetime=\"2023-11-27T05:00:00-05:00\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tNovember 27, 2023\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<label for=\"republish-content\" class=\"screen-reader-text\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tArticle HTML\t\t\t\t<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<textarea id=\"republish-content\" class=\"form-control\" rows=\"5\"><br \/>\n\t<span class=\"byline\">Oona Tempest and Andy Miller<\/span><\/p>\n<p>About 25 years ago, Andy Miller learned he had hypothyroidism, a condition that afflicts millions of other Americans. Curious about how this condition was affecting others, the KFF Health News journalist interviewed endocrinologists who treat hypothyroidism and several patients who live with it. Their stories revealed how mystifying thyroid and autoimmune conditions can be.<\/p>\n<p><em>This illustrated report has been adapted from a KFF Health News article, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/autoimmune-disease-patients-diagnosis-hurdles-thyroid-hashimoto\/\">Among Hurdles for Autoimmune Disease Patients: Diagnosis, Costs, Inattentive Care<\/a>\u201d by Andy Miller.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustrations by Oona Tempest.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Creative direction and editing by Hannah Norman, with additional editing by Sabriya Rice.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Copy editing by Terry Byrne.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/textarea><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-secondary btn-sm copy-btn\" data-clipboard-target=\"#republish-content\">Copy HTML<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modal-details\">\n<p>We encourage organizations to republish our content, free of charge. 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