Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters were raped and murdered, while her husband, Dr. William Petit, was injured during a home invasion in Cheshire, Connecticut.
This signal is called thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). As the name implies, this hormone stimulates the thyroid to produce thyroid hormone and to grow in size. This abnormal growth in size produces what is termed a âgoiter.â Thus, iodine deficiency is one cause of goiter development. Wherever iodine deficiency is common, goiter will be common.
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone measures a pituitary hormone that is a messenger to the thyroid gland. If the pituitary detects that the gland is producing too little thyroid hormone, the pituitary produces more TSH, which then prompts the gland to produce more thyroid hormone.