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As with an underactive thyroid, an overactive one can also cause a goitre (see page 56). If the doctor listens through a stethoscope, it may be possible to hear the blood surging turbulently through the vessels in the goitre, a noise known as ‘thyroid bruit’ (a bruit is the sound made in the heart, arteries or veins when the blood flows at an abnormal speed).