Dr Amir Khan

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9,955 appearances 22 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 2d ago

Dr Amir Khan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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No Appointment Necessary · Everything You Need to Know About Your Thyroid · 10 Aug 2026 podcast

Really common in women, really common. voice-verified

I mean, I think it's around one in ten women. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

Wow. voice-verified

But it it goes hand in hand with other conditions, type 2 diabetes, celiac disease, all of these other conditions that that have an autoimmune kind of background to them, then you're at increased risk. voice-verified

Even if you've got other autoimmune conditions like S lupus or rheumatoid arthritis, any other autoimmune condition will increase. voice-verified

your risk, but just being a woman is a risk. voice-verified

Sorry girl. voice-verified

Uh it's just the way your immune systems are modulated and regulated by your hormones that men don't have and that makes them brilliant at fighting off infections, but not brilliant at switching off when they need to switch off. voice-verified

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It can be life threatening, yeah. voice-verified

But if your thyroid hormone levels plummet, you know, your heart could slow right down. voice-verified

You could become unconscious. voice-verified

It is a a a a a medical emergency. voice-verified

Um so yeah, it could that's why it's really important. voice-verified

You know, people think an undractive thyroid is, oh, it's just about I'll take my thyrox in tablets, everyone's got it. voice-verified

It it it it is common but it is serious. voice-verified

What can you do if you've got an overactive thyroid? voice-verified

So this is rarer, but it is it it because of the symptoms are so pronounced, it it is quite serious as well. voice-verified

So when when people come in to see me as a GP with with an overactive thyroid, um I will do the blood test, obviously. voice-verified

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