A person cannot live without thyroid hormones. Lack of the thyroid’s own hormones thyroxine T4 and triiodothyronine T3 is common. Due to normal functioning, the thyroid gland produces the prehormone thyroxine, which is converted in the kidneys, skin, liver and brain to the hormone T3 – liothyronine. This active T3 hormone, which provides energy to the body, regulates metabolism, growth, […]