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How do you know if you have a thyroid?
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Everyone has one!: Everyone has a thyroid. Otherwise, a person would not have thyroid hormone, and would be detected from the newborn screen done on a baby's blood prior to leaving the hospital after birth. If not detected then, the primary care doctor doing infant check-ups will detect the problem due to poor growth/development of the baby. Of course, a person with a thyroid removed by surgery won't have a thyroid.
Answered 12/9/2013
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