Thyroid Disorders
The thyroid is a gland in the front of the neck that produces hormones that help regulate almost every organ in the body. Thyroid disorders are more common in adults but are seen in children too.
When do you need to go to your endocrinologist ?
- Child not growing in height but gaining weight.
- Declining school performance.
- Feeling too cold or too hot, more than normal children.
- Irregular periods in girls.
- Infants slow in attaining milestones in comparison to other children.
Thyroid problems can have many a number of presentations and sometimes symptoms not due to thyroid disorders also gets attributed to it. So it is important to know if your child house a problem with the thyroid functions. This can be very well managed with proper treatment.