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Five Questions and Five Answers for Thyroid Surgery

Patients with various thyroid diseases may encounter situations requiring surgery: Hyperthyroidism: If goiter is especially obvious, Or drug therapy is ineffective and iodine 131 therapy cannot be carried out. Or hyperthyroidism is caused by thyroid adenoma… it requires surgery to remove part of the thyroid gland, To treat hyperthyroidism. Thyroid nodules: If the nodules are compressed to surrounding organs, or the nodules tend to be malignant, or the nodules are complicated with hyperthyroidism and drug therapy is ineffective… thyroid surgery is also required. Thyroid cancer: If thyroid cancer is confirmed by thyroid color Doppler ultrasound and fine needle biopsy, surgery must be carried out as soon as possible. The following are the five most common problems encountered by thyroid patients Read More …

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In 3 minutes, I will teach you to understand the thyroid function report.

Thyroid function (abbreviated as [thyroid function]) and thyroid color Doppler ultrasound are two magic weapons for examining thyroid diseases. This article will introduce how to interpret the thyroid function report. What are the indicators included in the nail test? The narrow sense of thyroid examination only includes TSH, T3 and T4 hormone indexes, while the broad sense of thyroid examination also includes TPOAb, TgAb and TRAb antibody indexes. The human body is a precise and complicated system. The above indicators are interrelated and influence each other. TSH and T3, T4: The function of TSH is to promote thyroid gland to secrete more T3 and T4. If T3 and T4 secrete too much, it will in turn inhibit the production of Read More …

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Many people have done this thyroid examination, but they do not know that it is used for what. Is it unnecessary to do it?

Thyroglobulin (Tg) is an important thyroid detection index, which can give doctors important information at critical moments. However, for the general public and even non-thyroid specialists, the role of Tg is somewhat mysterious. Many people will check Tg at the same time when examining thyroid function, but they do not know how to interpret the results of Tg. Is Tg what? What is the significance of Tg increase? Who needs to check TG? Healthy thyroid gland produces Tg Healthy thyroid gland is filled with jelly-like substances called colloid. Colloid can help synthesize and store thyroid hormones. The main component of colloid is thyroglobulin-Tg. When the thyroid gland is damaged for various reasons, a large amount of TG will enter the Read More …

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[Throat] Pain, neck pain, which thyroid diseases may be at fault?

Aunt Wang has been very upset recently. She has a fever and [throat] pain after catching a cold. After taking cold medicine for several days, she has not improved but worsened. When I went to the hospital for an examination, it turned out that it was not a simple cold, but an inflammation of the thyroid gland. Aunt Wang thought that the [throat] pain was actually the pain of the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is located in front of the neck and below Adam’s apple People with thyroid pain are not uncommon, some are dull pain, some are severe pain, some are short-term pain, some are chronic pain… Because there are many causes of thyroid pain, the pain is Read More …

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Find out these [diseases], don’t panic first, it may not be as serious as you think.

There is nothing more worrying than finding abnormalities during the examination. An abnormal indicator or symptom is enough to make old friends tense up. In fact, after some [abnormalities] are found out, there is no need to be too nervous. Just relax and have regular reviews. Shall we take a look? White coat hypertension Some people will find that the blood pressure measured by doctors in hospitals will be higher than the blood pressure measured at home. Why is blood pressure high after entering the hospital? Is the sphygmomanometer at home inaccurate? In fact, this phenomenon is called [white coat hypertension]. The incidence rate of hypertension in white coat is 10% ~ 20%, which is more common in children and Read More …

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Physical examination results said there were thyroid nodules, how to do?

Where is the thyroid gland? What does it look like? Thyroid gland is located directly in front of the neck of the human body. It is shaped like a big butterfly lying on the trachea and also like a shield armour protecting the trachea. Therefore, it is called thyroid gland. It is not easy to see or touch under normal conditions. If you can see or touch it, you should pay attention to it. What is the use of thyroid gland? Thyroid gland is an endocrine organ that secretes a series of hormones, which are called thyroxine. Thyroxine has the functions of promoting cell metabolism, increasing oxygen consumption, stimulating tissue growth, maturation and differentiation, and plays an important role in Read More …