What are the dangers of thyroid cancer? Will thyroid cancer affect respiratory function?

The main hazards of thyroid cancer are: affecting respiratory function, affecting eating, causing hoarseness, hypothyroidism, and endangering life.

1. Affect respiratory function

The local tumor tissue of thyroid cancer is too large, and compression or invasion of the bronchi can affect the patient's normal breathing, causing respiratory disorders such as dyspnea and respiratory failure, affecting normal respiratory function.

2. Affect eating

Tumor compression or invasion of the esophagus can lead to dysphagia, especially swallowing disorders when eating.

3. Cause hoarseness

In the middle and late stages, thyroid cancer may compress adjacent organs, such as the vocal cords or invade the vocal cord nerves, often accompanied by hoarseness.

4. Hypothyroidism

Thyroid cancer may affect normal thyroid function and induce hypothyroidism, especially in children, which may be accompanied by memory loss, mental retardation or developmental delay in severe cases.

5. Life-threatening

If thyroid cancer develops lymph node metastasis or distant metastasis, it will affect the patient's survival period.