What are the early symptoms of thyroid cancer

What are the early symptoms of thyroid cancer? Not knowing the early symptoms of thyroid cancer is the main reason for not being able to receive timely treatment. Because thyroid cancer is one of the common cancers, no one in our lives can guarantee that they will not suffer from this disease. Therefore, mastering the early symptoms of thyroid cancer is also responsible for your own health. So what are the early symptoms of thyroid cancer?

Early symptoms of thyroid cancer:

1. Patients with early thyroid cancer have symptoms of neck swelling and localized tumors, and the tumor surface is uneven, fixed and hard. As the disease progresses, the tumor will grow larger and compress the trachea, causing difficulty breathing, hoarseness, a sense of obstruction when swallowing, or swelling of nearby lymph glands.

2. Undifferentiated cancer manifests as enlarged and painful thyroid tumors. It erodes adjacent tissues and may cause hoarseness, respiratory distress and dysphagia. The tumors are often tender, hard as a rock, adherent and fixed to surrounding tissues, and local lymph nodes are enlarged. It may also metastasize to distant sites.

3. Papillary carcinoma grows the slowest. In addition to the palpation of thyroid nodules and local lymphadenopathy, other symptoms are rare. When the tumor is small and located deep in the thyroid gland, it is generally difficult to detect. Follicular cell carcinoma manifests as nodular thyroid swelling, which is more common with single nodules. It is hard as stone and can involve the entire lobe of the thyroid gland. In the later stage, erosion of adjacent tissues, pain, and distant metastasis occur. Follicular cell carcinoma and its metastatic lesions have the function of iodine uptake and can occasionally cause hyperthyroidism.

Thyroid cancer is a disease like many other diseases. When it occurs, there will be relevant symptoms to warn people. Everyone should actively learn about the disease so as to detect it better and earlier. When the disease has symptoms and you are not sure, you can choose to go to a regular hospital for examination and treatment of the disease.