6/6/07
The Most Frequently Seen Thyroid Problems
Author: Groshan Fabiola
Problems concerning the thyroid gland can be often found in people, some of which are extremely common. The thyroid is one of the gland that can cause a lot of vital problems, but most of them have tretment.The problems can be categorized into the following: concerning the growth of this gland which can cause compression of the neck, those about the production of too much or too little hormones, concerning the presence of lumps or nodule formations which can relate to thyroid cancerand of course the problems concerning cancer. These are all very different problems of the same gland.Here are some of the problems that one person can have with the thyroid.
As everybody knows cancer can be found in our body at almost any organ or gland and the thyroid makes no exception. The thyroid cancer is quite common, but most of the people affected by this have succeeded in living many years, unlike other types of cancer. There is also the matter of the thyroid enlargement, also known as goiters. These huge lumps can be removed and it is best that the patient do so for this compress structures that are vital to the neck. Another reason for their removal is an esthetic one.Goiters can also be found in the chest, where they can cause as much trouble as in the thyroid gland.
Another common problem found in the thyroid can be the solitary nodules. They can cause a threat if they are malign, but as it has been found more than half of the population have nodules and most of them are benign. All one has to do is do a biopsy to find out. But there is always risk in doing this procedure or using radiation, because the thyroid is a very sensitive gland.when the thyroide gland produces more hormone than necessary, that may as well be a problem. Treatments consist in giving radioactive iodine, drugs or even surgery, but this is the least used treatment. But besides producing more hormone, the thyroid gland can produce less, and so another problem occurs. This is very hard to notice and many years may pass until one can descover this problem.
One of the last most common problems is the process of the inflammation in the thyroid gland, called thyroiditis. This can have several symptoms like pain or fever and many more, all of them quite common.
For more resources about thyroid or even about thyroid treatment please review this pages http://www.thyroid-info-center.com/thyroid-treatment.htm
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Author: Groshan Fabiola
Problems concerning the thyroid gland can be often found in people, some of which are extremely common. The thyroid is one of the gland that can cause a lot of vital problems, but most of them have tretment.The problems can be categorized into the following: concerning the growth of this gland which can cause compression of the neck, those about the production of too much or too little hormones, concerning the presence of lumps or nodule formations which can relate to thyroid cancerand of course the problems concerning cancer. These are all very different problems of the same gland.Here are some of the problems that one person can have with the thyroid.
As everybody knows cancer can be found in our body at almost any organ or gland and the thyroid makes no exception. The thyroid cancer is quite common, but most of the people affected by this have succeeded in living many years, unlike other types of cancer. There is also the matter of the thyroid enlargement, also known as goiters. These huge lumps can be removed and it is best that the patient do so for this compress structures that are vital to the neck. Another reason for their removal is an esthetic one.Goiters can also be found in the chest, where they can cause as much trouble as in the thyroid gland.
Another common problem found in the thyroid can be the solitary nodules. They can cause a threat if they are malign, but as it has been found more than half of the population have nodules and most of them are benign. All one has to do is do a biopsy to find out. But there is always risk in doing this procedure or using radiation, because the thyroid is a very sensitive gland.when the thyroide gland produces more hormone than necessary, that may as well be a problem. Treatments consist in giving radioactive iodine, drugs or even surgery, but this is the least used treatment. But besides producing more hormone, the thyroid gland can produce less, and so another problem occurs. This is very hard to notice and many years may pass until one can descover this problem.
One of the last most common problems is the process of the inflammation in the thyroid gland, called thyroiditis. This can have several symptoms like pain or fever and many more, all of them quite common.
For more resources about thyroid or even about thyroid treatment please review this pages http://www.thyroid-info-center.com/thyroid-treatment.htm
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For more resources about thyroid or even about thyroid treatment please review this pages http://www.thyroid-info-center.com/thyroid-treatment.htm
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