What about hypothyroidism

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It is understood that many people will have symptoms of low thyroid stimulating hormone, which leads to many people unable to live a normal life when they have such symptoms. Hypothyroidism is complicated and diverse in endocrine diseases, and its incidence rate is very high. It has serious impact on patients' work and life, so it is necessary to treat hypothyroidism in time. Tell us what to do with hypothyroidism.

What about hypothyroidism

First: drug therapy: drug therapy uses thiourea drugs to inhibit the organic iodine in the thyroid and reduce the synthesis of thyroid hormones. In this way, the patient must take this drug for a long time, at least two or three years, and more for a lifetime. Moreover, western medicine has side effects, which damage the liver and kidney function of the patient and reduce the white blood cells. Moreover, if they take it for a long time, the body will also have drug resistance to this drug. In this way, the number of people taking this drug will gradually increase, and in the end, they will have to take it for a lifetime Take this medicine. Thyroid stimulating hormone is on the low side the best treatment uses what method.

Second: surgical treatment: Patients with low thyroid stimulating hormone, there are a large number of people choose surgical treatment, this treatment is also a fast way to treat hypothyroidism. But the risk of surgical treatment is quite huge, it is easy to leave serious sequelae and complications. There are left and right common carotid arteries beside the thyroid gland, which may cause life-threatening if it is not careful. It is generally only used for huge goiter, which seriously affects the normal work and life or has the possibility of cancer.

Third: low thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH): it is used to destroy thyroid tissue with radioactive iodine to achieve the purpose of treatment. Thyroid gland has the ability to accumulate iodine and 131 iodine can emit β - ray biological effect to destroy and atrophy thyroid follicular epithelial cells and reduce secretion to achieve the purpose of treatment. Usually, patients only need to take it once. If the effect is not good, they can take it again three months or six months later. After treatment, the volume of thyroid will gradually shrink, and most patients will suffer from hypothyroidism due to excessive destruction of thyroid. When patients in the treatment of low thyroid stimulating hormone, we should pay attention to some more useful methods. Otherwise, this kind of symptom aggravates again and again very thorny.

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The best method must be suitable for the patient's own symptoms. There are many types of symptoms of hypothyroidism, so the best method for the treatment of hypothyroidism still needs a professional doctor to do a detailed examination, depending on the symptoms.