Thyroid problems are common, easy to miss, and often blamed on something else: fatigue, weight change, feeling cold or anxious, hair thinning. At Be or Become in Whitinsville, Ehab Zekri, FNP diagnoses and manages thyroid conditions as part of primary care and endocrinology-focused care for patients across the Blackstone Valley, with a full thyroid panel rather than a single TSH, and treatment adjusted until you feel right.
Types of Thyroid Disorders
Hypothyroidism
- Fatigue, weight gain, feeling cold
- Dry skin, hair thinning, low mood
- Most often Hashimoto’s (autoimmune)
Hyperthyroidism
- Sweating, rapid or irregular heartbeat
- Weight loss, anxiety, poor sleep
- Most often Graves’ disease
Nodules & other
- Thyroid nodules: monitoring, ultrasound, biopsy referral when needed
- Postpartum thyroid changes
- Thyroid management after a diagnosis elsewhere
Thyroid care at Be or Become
At your first visit we order a complete panel: TSH, free T4, free T3, and thyroid antibodies, plus related labs like vitamin D and B12 that affect how you feel. We read results against your symptoms, not only the reference range. If you need medication, we start it and recheck labs in 6–8 weeks, then adjust until you’re stable; after that, once or twice a year. If you were diagnosed elsewhere, bring your latest labs and medication list and we’ll take over from there. Nodules get tracked on a schedule and referred for imaging or biopsy when the size or features call for it. We accept BCBS, Tufts, Mass General Brigham, Medicare, MassHealth, and most major plans.
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Accepting new patients from Whitinsville, Northbridge, and surrounding towns.