How to feel thyroid nodules

Many people will touch their thyroid nodules when checking them. Although we are not professional doctors, we can still judge whether there is any abnormality in the neck. Even if you go to a professional hospital, the doctor will do a hand test. So, how do you feel the thyroid nodules? Today we will give you a brief introduction. In daily life, you can try to see if you have thyroid nodules.

It is possible that you can feel your thyroid nodules yourself. The method of palpating the isthmus of the thyroid gland is as follows: You can also do it yourself. (1) Isthmus of the thyroid gland: The isthmus of the thyroid gland is located in front of the second to fourth tracheal rings below the cricoid cartilage. Stand in front of the subject and touch upward from the suprasternal notch with your thumb, or stand behind the subject and touch with your index finger. You can feel the soft tissue in front of the trachea to determine whether it is thickened. Ask the subject to swallow. You can feel the soft tissue sliding under your fingers to determine whether it is enlarged or lumpy. (2) Lateral lobe of the thyroid: Palpation from the front: Use the thumb of one hand to apply pressure to the thyroid cartilage on one side to push the trachea to the opposite side. Use the index and middle fingers of the other hand to push the lateral lobe of the thyroid forward along the posterior edge of the sternocleidomastoid muscle on the opposite side. Use the thumb to palpate the anterior edge of the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Repeat the examination while swallowing. The pushed thyroid gland can be felt.

Thyroid nodules are a very harmful disease, but the incidence rate has been increasing in recent years. In clinical practice, there are many symptoms of thyroid nodules, but many people do not know much about it. Therefore, many patients ask, let us ask the experts from the hyperthyroidism hospital to help us explain it in detail.

Experts point out that the symptoms of thyroid nodules are obvious. We can clearly understand and feel them after we get sick. The common symptoms are mainly the following:

1. Nodular toxic goiter has a slow onset and usually occurs in patients who have had nodular goiter for many years. Most patients are over 40-50 years old and are more common in women. The symptoms of thyroid nodules will be accompanied by symptoms and physical signs of hyperthyroidism, but the symptoms of hyperthyroidism are generally milder.

2. When palpated, a smooth round or oval nodule can be felt with clear boundaries and a hard texture. It moves up and down with swallowing, and there is no vascular murmur in the thyroid area.

3. Nodular goiter is more common in middle-aged women. When the body's thyroid hormone is relatively insufficient, the pituitary gland secretes more TSH. Under the long-term stimulation of the increased TSH, the thyroid gland undergoes repeated hyperplasia, leading to uneven enlargement and nodular changes in the thyroid gland. Symptoms of thyroid nodules may include hemorrhage, cystic changes and calcifications within the nodules.

4. Under normal circumstances, the size of the nodule is generally between several millimeters and several centimeters. The clinical manifestations are thyroid enlargement. Multiple nodules of varying sizes can be felt during palpation. The texture of the nodules is mostly of medium hardness. A few patients can only feel a single nodule, but multiple nodules are often found during thyroid imaging or surgery.

Patients do not have many clinical symptoms, generally only discomfort in the front of the neck, and thyroid function tests are mostly normal. ?The above is the knowledge about the symptoms of thyroid nodules explained by thyroid nodule experts to patients. I hope the above content can be helpful to patients and friends. Active treatment after becoming ill is very helpful for treatment. If you have more questions, you can click on the online expert and the expert will answer you.