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.
The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped endocrine gland that is normally located in the lower front of the neck. The thyroidâs job is to make thyroid hormones, which are secreted into the blood and then carried to every tissue in the body. Thyroid hormone helps the body use energy, stay warm and keep the brain, heart, muscles, and other organs working as they should (Figure 1).