Pictures of women's big neck disease

If female friends suffer from goiter, they are often prone to feeling anxious, and the patient's psychology will have a variety of restless feelings. This feeling comes from two reasons. One is caused by the disease itself. The other is that the patient himself does not have enough understanding of the disease and does not have a comprehensive grasp of it. He thinks the disease is incurable, so he is worried every day. So how should women pay attention to goiter? The following is a detailed introduction for everyone.

What symptoms will a woman experience if she has goiter?

1. Clinical symptoms:

(1) Women suffering from goiter may experience anxiety, restlessness, and mood swings.

(2) Women suffering from goiter may experience symptoms such as trembling all over the body, muscle stiffness, and excessive talking and restlessness.

(3) Women suffering from goiter may experience symptoms such as rapid heartbeat, palpitations, irregular heartbeat, and slowly rising blood pressure.

(4) Women with goiter may experience a sudden increase in their diet, but their weight may decrease.

(5) Women suffering from goiter may become afraid of cold, sweat a lot, and have difficulty breathing.

(6) Women suffering from goiter may experience bulging eyes, decreased vision, photophobia and easy tearing.

(7) Women suffering from goiter will experience obvious symptoms such as swelling of the throat and thickening of the neck.

(8) Women who suffer from goiter may experience menstrual disorders, amenorrhea, infertility, or miscarriage.

2. Main manifestations:

(1) Bronchi compression: Women with goiter will have their bronchi compressed, causing the bronchi to move toward the healthy side. The bronchi on both sides of the body are compressed and become flat. As the bronchi become smaller, the patient will have difficulty breathing.

(2) Compression of the esophagus: Women with goiter may have their esophagus compressed, causing discomfort when swallowing.

(3) Compression of the superficial cervical vena cava: If a woman suffers from goiter, the blood flow to the head and neck may be obstructed, which can cause great harm to the patient's health.

(4) Compression of the recurrent laryngeal nerve: If a woman suffers from goiter, it may cause paralysis of the vocal cords and cause the patient to have a hoarse throat. The patient's neck will be compressed, causing central nervous system knotty conditions.

How to pay attention to goiter in women

1. Diet

Add iodine to food, it is advisable to eat more iodine-rich foods, such as kelp, jellyfish skin, seaweed and so on. Radishes contain substances that cause goiter, while soybeans and Chinese cabbage contain substances that inhibit the high production of thyroid hormone and should be avoided. After surgery, you should eat high-protein foods and high-vitamin foods.

2. Activities

The patient should rest in a suitable environment, the environment should be quiet, the air should be fresh, and do some appropriate exercises, avoid cold, infection and trauma, and avoid mental stimulation. Because these factors can increase the demand for thyroid hormone, resulting in relative iodine deficiency, aggravating and causing goiter. Head rotation exercises and neck massage should be started early after the operation, and the intensity of exercise should be increased accordingly as the physical condition improves.

3. Onset trend

If the thyroid cyst causes painless swelling and a series of compression symptoms and pain, hyperthyroidism, or pain and swelling in the wound after surgery, you should seek medical attention immediately.

4. Pay attention

Potassium thiocyanate, potassium perchlorate, sodium para-aminosalicylate, lithium para-aminosalicylate, thiopyrimidines, acrylamide, phenylbutazone, as well as carrots, Chinese cabbage, and soybeans can cause thyroid enlargement and should be discontinued. After surgery, the residual thyroid cyst tissue often proliferates and swells. In order to avoid further adenoma and slightly low thyroid hormone levels after surgery.