| Category | Endocrinology |
Your thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped endocrine gland located under your skin at the front of your neck. The main job of the thyroid is to regulate the speed of your metabolism, which is how your body converts the food you eat into energy by releasing certain hormones.
Graves' disease is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks healthy tissue in the thyroid gland for unknown reasons. It is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism, a condition in which the thyroid produces too much thyroid hormone.
