My knowledge of thyroid tumors and the associated illnesses comes from first hand experience, which is a form of knowledge that cannot be learned in a college classroom or from a textbook.
Most people know that the thyroid gland is the big butterfly-wings shaped gland in the neck.
It is located in the anterior, or front neck, below the skin and muscle layers. The function of the thyroid is to make thyroid hormone. This hormone has an effect on nearly all tissues of the body where it increases cellular activity. Therefore, the function of the thyroid is to regulate the body's metabolism. The thyroid gland can develop several problems, some of which are extremely common.