Evaluate Your Thyroid Suspected thyroid dysfunction should first be shown to a doctor. If the doctor concurs that it could be a thyroid problem, he recommends the pathological laboratory to test the patient’s thyroid functional status. Normalcy in thyroid function tests suggest that the thyroid has no functional abnormality, i.e. It produces just the required quantities of hormones. The next step is, in case of enlargement in the gland due to nodules (single or multiple) is to rule out a tumor. For this, some tests like thyroid scan, ultrasound or Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) may be done to establish diagnosis.
