How harmful is thyroid cancer

How harmful is thyroid cancer? The thyroid gland is our endocrine organ, so the first thing affected by thyroid cancer is the body's endocrine system. At the same time, endocrine abnormalities can lead to other hazards, seriously threatening the patient's health. So how harmful is thyroid cancer?

1. If thyroid cancer is not treated (because benign thyroid tumors have no obvious symptoms: no itching, no pain, no impact on speaking, eating, sleeping, work and study), the disease will last for a long time, both Qi and Yin will be damaged, and eventually Yin and Yang will damage each other, becoming a difficult to treat disease and even life-threatening.

2. Thyroid tumors can be benign or malignant. Benign thyroid cancer itself is not serious, and generally there are no obvious symptoms when the tumor is small. However, if not treated in time, the tumor will grow larger and larger. Some patients with larger tumors will experience symptoms such as difficulty breathing, difficulty swallowing, and hoarseness due to the compression of the trachea, esophagus, and recurrent laryngeal nerve by the tumor. In addition, benign thyroid cancer has a 20% malignant transformation rate. Therefore, it should be treated as soon as possible after discovery.

3. Malignant thyroid cancer is thyroid cancer. Most of them are low- and medium-grade malignant. The survival rate of patients after the disease is relatively high (the average 5-year survival rate after surgery is 95%). However, a small number of patients are highly malignant (i.e. undifferentiated cancer), which is seriously life-threatening. Therefore, it should be taken seriously and treated in time.

4. When thyroid disease becomes so severe that it cannot be cured, it will lead to lifelong medication or even life-threatening conditions.

5. Thyroid cancer can also cause some complications, such as damage to liver and kidney functions.

Thyroid cancer has a great impact on the body. Through the above introduction, its harm is not only to our body, but also can cause serious psychological burden on patients and bring certain difficulties to treatment. Therefore, patients must face it positively and actively treat it. Only in this way can the pain be greatly alleviated.