Whydothe doctors feel our neck? Your thyroid glands are in vour neck. The doctors feel your neck to find outif you have a sickness in your thyroid gland. Another way to check your thyroid is with a special machine. Thyroid examination Special machinefor checking thyroid gland. Whatis the thyroid gland? Your thyroid gland does a certain kind of work in your body. Your ears allow you to hear, your eyes make you see and your thyroid makes you grow normally and stay healthy. Because radiation affected their thyroid glands, some of the boys in Rongelap grew slowly after the fallout. In 1965, they were given special medicine and they grow normally. If you have a thyroid operation,it is very important that you take the medicinethatis given to you. The medicinewill do the same workas your thyroid andit will keep you healthy. They were sick before. They are healthy now.