Whydo the doctors feel our neck? Your thyroid glands are in your neck. The doctors feel your neck to find out if vou have a sickness in your thyroid gland. Another way to check your thyroid is witha special machine. Special machinefor checking thyroid gland. What is the thyroid gland? __Your thyroid giand 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 medicine thatis given to you. The medicine will do the same work as your thyroid andit will keep you healthy. They were sick before. They are healthy now. 5000200 "PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED