How to diagnose goiter? Diagnosis of goiter

The medical name for goiter is goiter. It is usually not a tumor, but a diffuse disease. This situation should be distinguished from localized disease. If it is a localized enlargement, it may be a tumor on the thyroid gland, so you should be careful to distinguish and judge. Thyroid enlargement is quite common in life. How to diagnose it when it occurs?

Symptoms of goiter

1. In the early stage of thyroid enlargement, only a hard, painless lump appears in the anterior neck area. The surface is uneven, the lump grows rapidly, and it does not move much up and down when swallowing. Subsequently, cervical lymph node metastasis occurs, and compression symptoms may appear, such as difficulty breathing, swallowing obstruction, and hoarseness.

2. Early symptoms of thyroid enlargement: A lump in one lobe of the thyroid gland, which grows slowly, is generally solitary, has a complete capsule, is clearly demarcated from the surrounding normal tissue, is painless and tender, has a medium-hard texture, a smooth surface, is not adhered to the surrounding area, and can move up and down with swallowing.

3. The neck becomes thicker and the texture is generally soft. When the swelling is obvious, the mass in the front of the neck may protrude forward and fall or compress backward, causing shortness of breath or even dyspnea, or also cause a feeling of choking when swallowing; in the case of nodular type, the size and hardness of the nodules may be uneven, and some nodules are harder; there are generally no systemic symptoms, and there is a history of local epidemics.