E00-E07: Disorders of thyroid gland
E02: Subclinical iodine-deficiency hypothyroidism
The thyroid is a small organ at the bottom of the neck. The thyroid gland needs iodine to produce important messenger substances for the body. These messenger substances influence the heartbeat, digestion, and body temperature, among other things.
When the thyroid gland does not get enough iodine, fewer messenger substances than usual are produced. Within a certain range, however, this can be compensated for. The thyroid gland is then pushed, as it were, into producing more messenger substances. One particular blood value can be used to establish that the thyroid gland is receiving additional stimulation. In your case, elevated amounts of this blood value have been measured. However, you still have enough thyroid messenger substances in your body.
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