The picture is complicated by the variability of the symptoms among women and by the fact that the symptoms often develop gradually over the course of many years. Without a test to confirm a diagnosis of perimenopause, this transitional phase has been elusive to the medical community.
The thyroid gland, or simply the thyroid /ËÎ¸aÉªrÉÉªd/, is an endocrine gland in the throat, and consists of two connected lobes. It is found at the front of the neck, below the Adam's apple.
The thyroid gland is located in the middle of the lower neck, below the larynx (voice box) and just above your clavicle (collar-bone). It is shaped like a bowtie, having two halves (lobes) a right lobe and a left lobe joined by an isthmus: (see below) you can rarely feel a normal thyroid gland.