What symptom is big thick neck

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When it comes to goiter, I believe you are not unfamiliar with it. We often see the news of "thick neck disease" caused by iodine deficiency in some areas on TV. In fact, this is one of the clinical manifestations of goiter. What are the symptoms of thick neck disease

What symptom is big thick neck

Symptoms 1. Patients with goiter often have symptoms and signs such as palpitation, chest tightness, fear of heat, sweating, hand shaking, insomnia, hyperappetite, emaciation, fatigue, diarrhea, goiter and exophthalmos.

Symptoms 2, goiter generally acute onset, goiter on one or both sides of the thyroid and hard, accompanied by local pain, and often to the ear, after the top of the head radiation, body can have chills fever, more common in middle-aged women.

Symptoms 3. Most of the thyroid gland is diffusely enlarged, some can be nodular, no pain, generally no systemic symptoms, some have transient hyperthyroidism symptoms, patients with long-term disease may have some symptoms of hypothyroidism, such as reduced stomach, weakness, mild edema, etc., which mostly occur in middle-aged women.

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Neck thickening is caused by goiter, and the texture is generally soft. When the swelling is obvious, the mass in front of the neck can protrude forward and fall down or press backward, causing poor breathing, even dyspnea, or a sense of swallowing choking. In nodular type, the size and hardness of the nodules may be uneven, and some nodules are hard. Generally, there are no systemic symptoms, and there is a local epidemic history.