{"id":497,"date":"2020-02-03T12:01:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T22:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drlindachiu.fm1.dev\/throat\/throat-2\/throat-overview\/"},"modified":"2020-03-23T09:01:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T19:01:15","slug":"throat-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drlindachiu.com\/throat\/throat-2\/throat-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Throat Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The throat is a muscular tube that extends from the back of\nthe nose to the neck. It contains the pharynx, larynx, tonsils and adenoids,\nand serves as a passageway for air, food and liquid. Diseases affecting the thyroid,\nparathyroid and salivary glands can impact many of your body\u2019s regular\nprocesses. Fortunately, many of these disorders are easily treatable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When certain conditions interfere with normal thyroid production, surgical removal of the thyroid gland is performed. This is usually done when thyroid cancer has been detected, an otherwise benign thyroid nodule grows so large it causes problems or hyperthyroidism (a disorder in which excess thyroid hormone is produced) does not respond to treatment with medications or radioactive iodine, though this is rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n