Can thyroid nodules be cured without surgery?

In today's social life, with the improvement of living standards, more and more diseases and illnesses are always plaguing us. With the gradual improvement of medical equipment, mild illnesses can be cured by taking medicine and injections, but more serious illnesses can only be treated by surgery. However, surgery always carries great risks, which makes many people feel uneasy and fearful. So can thyroid nodules be cured without surgery?

Thyroid nodules refer to lumps in the thyroid gland that can move up and down with the thyroid gland as you swallow. They are common clinical symptoms and can be caused by a variety of causes. Thyroid nodules can be divided into single and multiple nodules, and the size, location, texture, function and clinical significance of the nodules are different. After surgical treatment of malignant thyroid nodules, Chinese medicine can be used to regulate and prevent recurrence. If benign thyroid nodules can be treated with Chinese medicine, the prognosis is generally good.

Thyroid nodules can be treated without surgery. The risks of surgery are very high:

1. Numbness in the hands and feet may occur after thyroid nodule surgery. This is mainly because certain blood vessels must be cut off during thyroid nodule surgery, which affects the blood supply to the parathyroid glands.

2. Benign thyroid nodules are prone to recurrence after surgery, and the nodules will multiply after recurrence. This is because if the surgical resection is not thorough enough, there is a high possibility that hyperplastic thyroid tissue and micronodules will remain, and the postoperative inhibitory treatment of thyroxine preparations has limited effect on the residual diseased tissue, so the postoperative recurrence rate is high.

3. After thyroid nodule surgery, there will be a pulling sensation or even coughing when swallowing, which is related to the normal scar contraction reaction after thyroid nodule surgery. Because, although there is only a linear scar on the neck after thyroid nodule surgery, the actual surgical wound is much larger than this scar. This wound, like the incision on the neck, needs to go through a normal scar reaction before it can heal. The scar reaction process will cause contraction and pull the trachea near the wound, causing a pulling sensation when swallowing, and may even irritate the trachea and cause coughing.

4. The incision will swell and harden after thyroid nodule surgery. Thyroid nodule surgery requires a large separation of the skin flaps above and below the incision, which can easily cause edema of the tissues around the incision. Especially for middle-aged and elderly women, because their skin is looser and they have more fat tissue, the incision is prone to edema.

5. Surgical treatment of thyroid nodules can easily cause lifelong hypothyroidism. Surgical treatment of thyroid nodules is not just a simple operation as some patients think. If the doctor removes too much of the thyroid gland, it can easily cause lifelong hypothyroidism. If surgical treatment is chosen, the patient will need to take medication for life to control it.

6. It will be more difficult to speak after thyroid nodule surgery. This is mainly because in order to avoid damaging the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid nodule surgery, it is often dissected, which may cause edema of the recurrent laryngeal nerve or affect its blood supply, resulting in difficulty speaking.

Suggestions: It is recommended that you choose a thyroid specialist hospital for treatment. A treatment plan will be developed for you based on your actual situation, and thyroid nodules can be effectively treated without surgery. Of course, there are still many things you need to pay attention to in your daily diet:

Dietary Note 1: Iodine supplementation. For thyroid nodules, you should pay attention to an appropriate amount of iodine supplementation, but not too much. Iodine is an important raw material for the synthesis of thyroid hormone. When the iodine absorbed by the thyroid gland increases, it can increase thyroid hormone storage and reduce its release, but if it is excessive, thyroid hormone treatment will be affected. The total iodine requirement for adult males is approximately 120-165 micrograms, and for adult females it is 100-115 micrograms. If pregnant women must increase 10 to 15 micrograms, breastfeeding women should increase 25 micrograms.

Dietary Note 2: Avoid stimulation. Finally, patients must avoid irritating foods, such as tea, coffee, etc., and must also refrain from smoking and drinking.

Dietary note three: supplement protein. Supplement the protein needed by the patient every day. Due to the patient's hyperthyroidism metabolic rate, the need for protein will also increase, and supplementation should be guaranteed. Patients can eat meat, eggs, milk, etc. to obtain protein. Dietary Note 4: It is important to supplement calories and replenish enough calories at the same time, because hyperthyroidism will increase the rate of calorie consumption in the body's metabolism, so the required calories can be increased every day. Vitamin supplementation is also very important. Because the increase in calories increases the demand for vitamin B group, so be sure to supplement it in time.

Dietary Note 5: Supplement vegetables. Patients can eat more green leafy vegetables, meat, eggs, milk and grains. They can eat kelp and seafood appropriately, and pay attention to eating iodized salt.

After reading the above introduction about whether thyroid nodules can be cured without surgery, I think everyone should have some understanding. This disease can be cured without surgery, but you must pay more attention to taking care of your body and eating a healthy diet. Surgery is not only risky, but also has a high chance of recurrence. We must take good care of ourselves.