Should thyroid nodules be operated on? How can it be treated?

It needs to be determined according to the different conditions of the patient. Generally speaking, just thyroid nodules do not need surgery under normal circumstances, many are very mild, as long as you usually control your diet, pay attention to rest, and stay up late. Proper consumption of some drugs can be **.

Point 1: Thyroid nodules are mild and do not require surgery, and are achieved through the use of drugs. Point 2: If the thyroid nodule is damaged, surgery is required.

If it is a benign nodule, it does not affect the appearance, and there are no symptoms such as breath-holding and difficulty swallowing. Physical examinations, thyroid function tests, and ultrasonography can be done at regular intervals without surgery, and follow-up should be done once a year for at least 3 to 5 years. If the examination is severe, surgery is required.

Thyroid nodules require surgery, so you need to go to a specialized hospital department to follow the doctor's advice. Don't be blind**.

If I don't want surgery for large thyroid nodules, can I take Chinese medicine**?

1 Generally speaking, if it is a single solid nodule, regardless of whether there is a capsule or calcification and abnormal blood flow, if the size of the thyroid nodule exceeds 1cm, surgery can be considered.

If the nodule is a cyst, it can be relaxed to about 3 cm before considering surgery, because the nodule will continue to enlarge and the silver joint will cause compression symptoms and may make the operation more difficult and increase the chance of injury.

For multiple nodules, the surgical pointer can be moderately relaxed, and generally speaking, the maximum solid nodule is greater than 1-2 cm before considering surgery**.

2. Thyroid nodules do not have to be operated on**, because surgery ** will bring more sequelae to the patient, so in non-essential cases, it is generally recommended to be conservative**, but in the case of the following surgical guidelines, surgery ** or even surgery must be considered**.

31.Patients with thyroid nodules who have breath-holding or difficulty swallowing may need surgery as soon as possible**.

2.Surgery should also be performed if any of the nodules are calcified or have abnormal blood flow.

3.If the thyroid nodule does not become smaller, but increases in size or changes in primary selection during the drug**, the drug should be discontinued.

4.If you have hyperthyroidism and have nodular fluid after a specialty**, you should have surgery**.

5.Surgery should be performed for either a giant nodular goiter or a retrosternal goiter**.

6.For those who have had thyroid surgery before and are now, whether to operate again can also refer to the above indications, but the size can be relaxed, and the drug can be controlled first, if not, surgery is being considered.

7.As long as the head and neck have had radiation in the past**, have a family history of medullary thyroid cancer or multiple endocrine tumor type II, age 70 years old, male, nodules grow rapidly or suddenly increase in a short period of time, nodules are hard and the margins are not clear, nodules are fixed, hoarseness, cough, dysphagia, dyspnea and other symptoms should be operated as soon as possible**.

Thyroid nodule surgery** will cause certain pain and impact to the patient, and may also leave the following sequelae.

41.Nodules that are too small are difficult to detect and remove with the naked eye, and the chance of post-surgery** is higher.

2.The thyroid tissue is surrounded by abundant blood vessels and nerves, and the risk of surgery is high, and there will be a scar of 8-10cm after surgery, so doctors do not advocate surgery.

3.If too much thyroiding is removed, it can cause lifelong hypothyroidism, and you will need to take medication for life after surgery.

4.Thyroid nodules are prone to numbness in the hands and feet after surgery, mainly because some blood vessels and nerves must be cut during thyroid nodule surgery, resulting in numbness in the hands and feet.

5.The incision of thyroid nodule surgery will cause wound edema and hardness, especially in some middle-aged and elderly women, because of laxity and more fatty tissue, resulting in wound edema.

6.Thyroid nodules are more difficult to speak after surgery, mainly because in order to avoid the recurrent laryngeal nerve during the operation, the edema of the recurrent laryngeal nerve affects the blood**, resulting in difficulty in speaking.

7.Thyroid nodules surgery can experience a swallowing sensation or even coughing, mainly because of the reaction to the contraction of the normal scar after thyroid nodule surgery.