{"id":38,"date":"2022-01-17T16:20:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T16:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thyroidaware.com\/za\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2025-11-04T08:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:21:26","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.thyroidaware.com\/za\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"container-fluid banner\">\n      <section class=\"row\">\n       <section class=\"col-lg-6 left\">\n       <div style=\"fill:#2bf3f7ff;\">\n         <svg viewBox=\"0 0 200 200\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n           <path d=\"M44.9,-78.5C57.9,-70.2,68.1,-57.7,75.5,-43.9C82.8,-30.1,87.3,-15.1,88.4,0.6C89.5,16.3,87.2,32.7,80.2,47C73.2,61.4,61.5,73.9,47.4,81.3C33.2,88.8,16.6,91.2,0.8,89.8C-15,88.4,-30,83.2,-44.2,75.8C-58.4,68.4,-71.7,58.7,-79.2,45.7C-86.8,32.7,-88.6,16.4,-88.4,0.1C-88.2,-16.1,-86,-32.2,-79.2,-46.6C-72.5,-61,-61.2,-73.7,-47.2,-81.5C-33.3,-89.2,-16.6,-92,-0.4,-91.4C15.9,-90.8,31.8,-86.8,44.9,-78.5Z\" transform=\"translate(100 100)\"><\/path>\n         <\/svg>\n       <\/div>\n       <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid d-block mx-auto img_general\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.thyroidaware.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2022\/01\/symptom-checker-illustration-1.png\" alt=\"complete-our-short-symptom-checker-now-thyroid-image-front\">\n       <\/section>\n       <section class=\"col-lg-6 rigth\">\n         <p>Do you think you might have a <span style=\"color: #5704e8;\">thyroid<\/span> disorder?<\/p>\n\n         <p>Complete our short symptom checker now<\/p>\n         <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.thyroidaware.com\/za\/symptom-checker\/\">\n           <button id=\"home-event-quiz\" class=\"btn position-relative d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center\" type=\"submit\">\n             Test now\n           <\/button>\n         <\/a>\n       <\/section>\n     <\/section>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n      <section class=\"container-fluid carousel-news\">\n        <section class=\"row\">\n          <section class=\"col-12 offset-lg-2 col-lg-8\">\n            <section class=\"text-center\">\n              <p class=\"text1\">&#8211; 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