Difference Between Neck Nodules and Thyroid Nodules

Cervical lymph nodes and thyroid nodules are two different diseases, which can be distinguished from the location of the nodules, the cause of the disease, the clinical symptoms and the best measures. If the patient has abnormal symptoms, it is advisable to go to the hospital promptly, and the diagnosis can usually be made by ultrasonography.

1. Location: The neck is an area where lymph nodes are widely distributed, so lymph nodes will form in many locations of the neck. The thyroid nodule is usually located in a fixed position, usually a space-occupying lesion on the thyroid gland, generally located in the front of the neck, below the Adam's apple, and the location of the two and the specific situation of the nodule can be basically distinguished by ultrasound;

2. Causes: The onset of cervical lymph nodes is usually due to inflammation or malignant tumors in the region. The occurrence of thyroid nodules is usually the cause of the disease, which affects the thyroid gland itself, but some thyroid nodules may cause the formation of peripheral lymph nodes, such as inflammation and malignant nodules.

3. Clinical symptoms: The main symptom of cervical lymph nodes is the appearance of lesions of different sizes in the lymph nodes, which are generally smaller, clearer in outline, and may be tender. Thyroid nodules are more common in women and middle-aged and elderly people, and during the onset of the disease, symptoms such as rising or falling thyroid hormones and goiter enlargement can be manifested, and thyroid nodules may move up and down with swallowing;

4. Measures: Cervical lymph nodes are mainly ****, and clinical symptoms such as pain can be relieved by inflammation, and lymph nodes caused by particularly large reactive hyperplasia can be surgically removed. Lymph nodes caused by tumor metastasis require tumor surgery combined with dissection.

Benign thyroid nodules usually do not need to be treated, and if the nodule is particularly large and compresses the surrounding organs, surgical resection is required, and pathological examination is required to help determine the nature of the nodule when the malignant nodule is removed. Depending on the degree of thyroid volume loss, thyroxine supplementation with levothyroxine sodium tablets is chosen**.

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The possibility of malignant tumors, generally benign, is the chance of peripheral lymph node enlargement.

It is relatively small, it is recommended that you go to the thyroid specialist of the hospital to do a pathological biopsy of the thyroid gland to determine the benign and malignant nature of the nodule, and then carry out targeted **, generally surgery**, if necessary, you need to undergo chemotherapy and radiotherapy, pay attention to rest, and relax your mind.

In the early stage of thyroid nodules, the symptoms are not more significant

It is only manifested in the presence of a mass in the thyroid gland, and the appearance does not return.

Smooth, the texture of the answer is hard, there is no pain and sadness, the growth rate is faster, the form is not fixed, the gait is poor, and the voice can grow rapidly in the later stage, swallowing is difficult, and the breathing is difficult, etc., choose a regular thyroid hospital.

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1. Pay attention to the zhi-shaped dao shape of goiter. The shape of goiter is generally divided into two categories: one is butterfly-shaped, which is more common in patients with endemic goiter, thyroiditis and some hyperthyroidism; The other type is a round lump in a certain part of the thyroid gland, which is more common in thyroid cysts, thyroid adenomas and also thyroid cancer. ?

2. Pay attention to the size of the lump. If the mass is diffuse or multiple nodular enlargement, it is usually endemic goiter; Generally, the diameter of a single nodule of a benign tumor or cyst is mostly about 2 cm; Thyroid cancer should be suspected when the diameter is more than 2 cm.

3. Pay attention to the smoothness and hardness of the lump. Carefully touch the surface of the lump with your thumb and forefinger. If the surface is smooth and consistent, it is usually endemic goiter; If the surface is not very smooth, there is a high possibility of thyroiditis; A single nodule is enlarged but has a smooth, uniform surface and may be an adenoma; If a single nodule is enlarged, unsmooth, and solid, it should be suspected of cancer.

4. Pay attention to the growth rate of the lump. Endemic goiter is slowly increasing and can last for years or even decades;

Benign tumors and cysts can last from months to years; The mass of thyroid cancer grows significantly and quickly, and can be in ten days or.

Significant increase in one or two months.

It is recommended that you go to the thyroid specialist of the hospital to do a pathological biopsy of the thyroid gland to determine the benign and malignant nature of the nodule, and then carry out targeted **.

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Renal gland nodules and neck nodules may be two different concepts, but some patients with thyroiditis may have both thyroid nodules and enlarged lymph nodes. Swollen lymph nodes are usually inflammatory. Inflammation of the mouth, as well as inflammation of the face, can cause enlargement of lymph nodes in the neck.

As long as the thyroid function is normal, regular follow-up thyroid ultrasound is sufficient.

Hello, thyroid nodule refers to a mass in the thyroid gland, which can move up and down with the thyroid gland with the action of swallowing, which is a common clinical condition. Thyroid nodules should be **, mainly depends on whether the nodule has function, whether there is malignant transformation, whether there is compression problem, most of the benign nodules that are non-functional, have no pain symptoms and have no malignant transformation are not needed. Thyroid nodules are caused by a variety of **, proliferative nodular goiter is too high or too low iodine intake, consumption of goiter-causing substances, taking goiter-causing drugs or thyroid hormone synthetase deficiency, etc.

If the nodule is not very serious, it generally does not affect normal life, and you should pay attention to rest, avoid staying up late, relax your mood, and exercise appropriately.