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Whydo the doctors feel our neck?
Yourthyroid glands are in your neck. The doctors feel your neck to find out if you
have a sickness in your thyroid gland. Another way to check your thyroid is with a
special machine.
Thyroid examination
Rongelap grewslowlyafter the fallout. In 1965, they were given special medicine
and they grownormally. If you have a
thyroid operation, it is very important
that you take the medicine that is given
to you. The medicine will do the same
work as vour thyroid and it will keep
you healthy.
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They were sick before. They are healthy now.
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What is the thyroid gland?
Your thyroid gland does a certain kind of work in your body. Your ears allow vou
to hear, your eyes make you see and your thyroid makes you grow normally and
stav healthy. Because radiation affected their thyroid glands, some of the boys in
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Spectal machine for checking thyroid gland.