Why dothe doctorsfeel our neck? Yourthyroid glands are in your neck. The doctors feel your neck to find outif you have a sickness in vour thyroid gland. Another way to check your thyroid is with a special machine. Thyroid examination Special machinefor checking thyrotd 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 boysin 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 medicine will do the same work as your thyroid and it will keep you healthy. They were sick before. They are healthy now.