Patient Resources
Please be careful – unfortunately there are a number of websites with unhelpful and inaccurate information which should be ignored. The links given here are recognised patient support and information websites which are recommended by the BTA – we hope you find these resources helpful.
Patient Guidelines
Leaflets on the following subjects can all be accessed via the British Thyroid Foundation website here.
- Antithyroid Drug Therapy to treat Hyperthyroidism
- Congenital Hypothyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Pregnancy and Fertility in Thyroid Disorders
- Psychological Symptoms and Thyroid Disorders
- Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroid Disorders and Osteoporosis
- Thyroid Eye Disease
- Thyroid Function Tests
- Thyroid Nodules and swellings
- Thyroid Surgery
- Thyroiditis
- Treatment of an over-active or enlarged thyroid with radioactive iodine
Organisations
- The British Thyroid Foundation – www.btf-thyroid.org
- The Thyroid Eye Disease Charitable Trust – www.tedct.org.uk
- The Butterfly Thyroid Cancer Trust – www.butterfly.org.uk
- The Hormone Health Network – www.hormone.org
- Hypopara UK – www.hypopara.org.uk
- The US National Library of Medicine – www.medlineplus.gov
- Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association – www.thyca.org
- The American Thyroid Association – www.thyroid.org
- The UK Iodine Group – www.ukiodine.org
There are a number of fact sheets and patient guides via the Hormone Health Network here.