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Information for patients and their relatives)
Diabetes
Endocrinology
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Dietary advice
Exercise
Lipids
Monitoring glucose
Tablets in diabetes
Where to inject
Thyroid treatment
Select a topic on medication
Medication profile
select a question on radioiodine
Why do I need treatment?
What is radioiodine treatment?
What about the radiation?
How is the radioiodine given?
What happens to the radioiodine in my body?
What are the side effects of this treatment?
How will I feel afterwards?
How will this affect the tablets I take for my thyroid?
Can I eat and drink as normal?
How will this affect my family?
Can I go to work afterwards?
What happens if my thyroid becomes underactive?
Select a question on thyroid surgery
Why have a thyroidectomy?
What happens if I decide not to have the operation?
What preparations should be made?
What happens in a thyroidectomy?
What are the possible complications?
What should I expect after thyroidectomy?
Parathyroidectomy
Select a question on parathyroid surgery
What are the parathyroid glands for?
Why is removal of parathyroid glands performed?
What preparations should be made?
What happens in a parathyroid operation?
What should happen afterwards?
What are the possible complications?
What would happen if the operation was not performed?
Steroids
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Long term steroids