Difficult breathing. 1  dryness and peeling of skin. 2  fainting. 3  hives or itching. 4  redness of the skin. 5  swelling of the eyes, face, lips, or tongue. 6  tightness in the throat. 7  unusually warm skin.
The thyroid gland lies in the front of your neck in a position just below your Adamâs apple. It is made up of two lobes - the right lobe and the left lobe, each about the size of a plum cut in half - and these two lobes are joined by a small bridge of thyroid tissue called the isthmus.
Thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is an endocrine (meaning ductless) gland, which secretes its hormones directly into the bloodstream. It is located in the lower part of your neck. It wraps around your windpipe (trachea) like a bow tie, with two connecting lobes, and is well supplied with blood vessels.