How to treat thyroid disease?

Depending on the characteristics of the disease, medication use, surgical or radioactive treatment.

Medicines

Drugs used effectively in the treatment of hyperthyroidism, in order to reduce the production of thyroid hormone and its output, or to get rid of such symptoms as, for example, a rapid pulse. In hypothyroidism Hypothyroidism   to compensate for the lack of activity of the thyroid gland is used synthetic thyroid hormone. Sometimes small doses of a synthetic hormone prescribed to reduce the size of the crop. When inflammation of the thyroid gland helps many anti-inflammatory drugs.

Surgical intervention

Surgery may be needed if the thyroid clamps airways and does not breathe and swallow. In addition, by the operation can be removed too active sites and a large gland goiter. Of course, surgery is necessary for cancer. Depending on the reasons for choosing this method of treatment can be removed part of the "butterfly wing" whole "wing" or the entire gland, together with the surrounding tissues. In the case of complete removal of the thyroid gland is mandatory reception of synthetic thyroid hormone.

Treatment of radioactive preparations

If Ray does not give medication, used radioactive ablation. Unlike the above-described scan is accompanied iodine atoms which destroy the thyroid gland. This therapy is used also in combination with surgical methods for the treatment of some forms of thyroid cancer.

What are the prospects for a person with thyroid disease?

The results depend on the particular disease and the treatment methods used.

• Some thyroid disease Thyroid disease - when to start worrying?   (postpartum thyroiditis, for example) will eventually go away.
• With other diseases are successfully medications (for example, Hashimoto's thyroiditis). Clamping the trachea struma best removed using surgery
• Thyroid cancer, depending on the type and stage of the disease can be completely cured; if the cancer started, you may need long-term treatment with no guarantee of a successful outcome.

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