Symptoms of mid- to late-stage thyroid disease

There are certain diseases of the thyroid gland. The basic clinical symptoms of these diseases are relatively obvious, and we can know them through our own feelings or the naked eye. The early symptoms of thyroid gland may not be obvious, but in the middle and late stages, its symptoms will become more and more obvious. This disease should be taken seriously, and some methods should be adopted to treat it. So what are the symptoms of the middle and late stages of thyroid gland?

Mid-stage thyroid nodule symptoms. As the disease worsens, the general symptoms of mid-stage thyroid nodules are basically visible from the outside: the neck begins to gradually swell, the patient loses appetite during meals, and even vomiting symptoms occur. Over time, the nodules will grow larger.

Symptoms of late stage thyroid nodules. In the later stage, the nodules will become very large and the pain will be severe. You will not be able to forget to swallow when eating. It will also be accompanied by gastrointestinal bleeding and may even cause diseases in other parts of the body. In order for the body to recover faster and better, it is best for patients to receive treatment as early as possible. Avoid unnecessary losses.

The symptoms of thyroid nodules are variable, and thyroid nodules caused by different reasons often require different treatment methods. Common causes of thyroid nodules include the following:

1. Excessive iodine intake in coastal areas. If you take too much iodine, nodules will also appear. Wenzhou is located on the coast, and citizens have been eating a lot of seafood high in iodine for a long time, so they are not deficient in iodine. In addition, iodized salt is added to their daily diet, which may cause an excess of iodine.

2. Goitrogenic drugs. If the patient is a pregnant woman, by taking antithyroid drugs, the drugs can act on the fetus through the placenta to cause goiter in the newborn, and can also cause goiter in the baby through breast milk. Some drugs for treating depressive psychosis contain lithium, which is also a goitrogenic substance. In addition, some other drugs may cause goiter.

3. Physical factors. It may be related to genetics, because the enzymes indispensable for the biosynthesis of thyroid hormone cannot be produced, resulting in thyroid hormone deficiency and ultimately causing the formation of thyroid nodules.

4. Consumption of goitrogenic substances. Some substances can interfere with a certain link in the synthesis or release of thyroid hormone, resulting in insufficient production of thyroid hormone, which has the same consequences as iodine deficiency.

5. Stress factors. As social pressure increases, women are prone to significant changes in endocrine secretion, and female estrogen has a close relationship with the thyroid gland, and hormonal changes can easily stimulate the formation of nodules. At present, a very clear pathogenic factor in the world is that the patient has a history of X-ray exposure to the neck in childhood. Because X-rays can cause changes in DNA, this is also the cause of the high incidence of thyroid nodules.