Whydo Lnecdto take medicine for-my thyrcid?
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Ifyou had an operation and your thyroid gland was removed, the medicine wil
do the job that your thyroid used to do. So, you must keep taking your medicine.
Some people who did not have the opcraticn take different medicine so that their
thy roict clands do not get sick, Itis very imy..ctant that you take your medicine if
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What kind of radiation caused thyroid sic) vess and leukemia?
Thyroid sickness in Rongclap was caused bva certain type of radiation thatattacked the thyroid gland. Scientists cali it iodine 131 or radioactive iodine. All of
the radiation is gone now but the thyroid in some people was damaged and it takes
a long time for the sickness to show. Leukemiais a disease of the blood. Doctors do
not knowhawit is caused but they knowthat bluod is made inside your bones and
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