How to prevent goiter effectively?

To prevent goiter, you need to pay attention to various methods and details, eat more iodine-rich foods, pay attention to proper exercise in your life, keep the living environment well ventilated, and undergo surgical treatment if necessary.

1. Diet

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

2. Activities

The patient should rest in a suitable environment, with a quiet environment and fresh air, do some moderate activities, avoid cold, infection and trauma, and avoid mental stimulation. The above factors may increase the demand for thyroid hormone, causing relative iodine deficiency, aggravating and inducing goiter. Head rotation exercises and neck massage should be started early after surgery, and the amount of exercise should be increased accordingly as your health improves.

3. Relapse tendency

If the thyroid gland is painlessly enlarged and produces a series of compression symptoms and pain, if there is hyperthyroidism, or if there is pain or swelling in the wound after surgery, you should seek medical attention immediately.

4. Note

Potassium thiocyanate, potassium perchlorate, para-aminosalicylic acid, lithium para-aminosalicylate, thiopyrimidines, xanthines, phenylbutazone, as well as radish, cabbage, and soybeans can cause goiter and should be stopped from being taken or consumed. The residual thyroid tissue after surgery often proliferates and swells, in order to prevent the re-formation of adenoma and low thyroid function after surgery.