Does thyroid cancer cause low chloride and low sodium?

Thyroid cancer is a malignant tumor originating from the thyroid follicular epithelium or parafollicular cells. Low chloride and low sodium levels are mainly caused by thyroid cancer leading to hypothyroidism, which causes metabolic disorders in the body. It can generally be treated with medication, surgery, radiotherapy, and other methods.

1. Reasons:

Due to the enlargement of the tumor, patients with thyroid cancer will experience obvious compression symptoms in the neck, which will cause symptoms such as difficulty breathing and swallowing. It will also cause metabolic disorders in the body and cause low chloride and low sodium.

2. Treatment:

1. Drug treatment: When thyroid cancer patients have low chloride and low sodium, it is recommended to use furosemide tablets, torsemide tablets, hydrochlorothiazide tablets and other drugs for diuresis and ascites drainage according to the doctor's advice. At the same time, they can also use glucose injection, sodium chloride injection, sodium bicarbonate injection and other drugs according to the doctor's advice to correct the low chloride and low sodium state;

2. Surgical treatment: When thyroid cancer patients have low chloride and low sodium, if the condition allows, they can receive surgical treatment according to the doctor's advice, including total resection, lateral resection, palliative surgery, etc. At the same time, radiotherapy with supplemental thyroid hormone should also be performed, which is also beneficial to improve the condition and improve the patient's quality of life;

3. Radiotherapy: If thyroid cancer patients have low chloride and low sodium after surgery, they can be treated with iodine-131 therapy, which uses the beta rays released by iodine-131 to destroy thyroid follicular epithelial cells, thereby achieving the purpose of treatment. Thyroid stimulating hormone suppression therapy can also be performed, such as drugs such as levothyroxine sodium tablets.

In addition to the general treatment mentioned above, patients can also supplement electrolytes under the guidance of a doctor, including intravenous injection of potassium chloride solution or sodium chloride injection, as well as the use of Chinese medicines to replenish qi and blood, thereby correcting the low chloride and low sodium state.