Thyroid Health

Thyroid Health Testing and health information

Be proactive in your thyroid health with Ulta Lab Tests. Check out our guide to thyroid diseases and thyroid lab testing, and be proactive in your thyroid testing to monitor and track your health.

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Guide to the Thyroid and Thyroid Diseases

Your thyroid is a small butterfly-shaped gland on the base of your throat. The thyroid plays an essential role in helping to control the metabolism of your body by producing thyroid hormones, mainly triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). They are substances that travel through your blood to all parts of your body. Thyroid hormones inform the cells within your body how quickly to produce proteins and use energy. Calcitonin is also made by the thyroid gland. Calcitonin is a hormone that helps with regulating the levels of calcium inside the blood through inhibiting re-absorption (breakdown) of bone as well as increasing the elimination of calcium through the kidneys.     

The body features an elaborate feedback system for controlling the amounts of T3 and T4 inside the blood. Whenever the blood levels of these hormones fall, thyrotropin-releasing hormone is released by the hypothalamus. ... See more