Sign inThyroid Disorders
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has leaflets on:
British Thyroid Foundation
A patient-led organisation dedicated to helping those with thyroid disorders.
British Thyroid Association
An association for professionals specialising in thyroid disease. However, has a patient information section to approved websites that provide information and support.
Thyroid Eye Disease Charitable Trust
Aims to provide information, care and support to those affected by Thyroid Eye Disease.
Retrobulbar irradiation for thyroid eye disease
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Intraoperative nerve monitoring during thyroid surgery
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Surgery on the thyroid and parathyroid gland
Information written by a consultant surgeon in the UK.
Thyroid surgery information sheet
Information from Bucksendocrine a website written by Andrew McLaren, FRCS a specialist endocrine surgeon.
Parathyroid surgery information sheet
Information from Bucksendocrine a website written by Andrew McLaren, FRCS a specialist endocrine surgeon.
Medicine Guide for Thyroid Problems
Information from emc Medicine Guides.
Medicine Guide for Thyroid function (testing of)
Information from emc Medicine Guides.
Medicine Guide for Grave's Disease
Information from emc Medicine Guides.
Thyroid Eye Disease
Information from the RNIB.
Thyroid Eye Disease
Information from the Eye Care Trust.
Goitre
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
Exophthalmos
Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.
See also the Patient UK thyroid cancer page.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.