What are the characteristics of goiter

Update Date: 2023-04-18 Source: Network

summary

Goiter is very common in our life, but there are several types of this disease, each type of disease causes and patients have different performance. Generally speaking, the early characteristics of goiter are not obvious, most of them are moderate diffuse goiter, soft, no tenderness. Some patients will also have compression symptoms, manifested as dyspnea, dysphagia, hoarseness, irritating cough and other different characteristics.

What are the characteristics of goiter

Symptom 1: palpitation, shortness of breath, slight activity is obviously aggravated. Tachycardia (mostly sinus), arrhythmia, cardiac hypertrophy, enlargement and congestive heart failure are common, and arrhythmia, cardiac enlargement and heart failure are common in severe cases. Sudden ventricular fibrillation has also been reported. 　　

Symptom 2: Patients with hypermetabolic syndrome are afraid of heat and sweating, and often have low fever. When in crisis, they may have high fever, palpitation, pulse speed and obvious hyperactivity of stomach, but they lose weight and are tired and weak. This is also one of the symptoms of goiter. 　

Symptom 3: appetite of digestive system is hyperactive, but weight is decreased obviously. The combination of the two often indicates the possibility of this disease or diabetes. Excessive thyroid hormone can stimulate intestinal peristalsis and increase the frequency of defecation. Sometimes, lipodysentery is caused by malabsorption of fat. Thyroid hormone also has direct toxic effect on the liver and causes hepatomegaly. This is the most obvious manifestation of goiter.

matters needing attention

For goiter, we have a way to prevent, daily pay more attention to their diet, pay attention to the intake of iodine. Especially for people in some special areas. At the same time, patients with goiter will appear palpitation, chest tightness, fear of heat, sweating, shaking hands, insomnia, anorexia, emaciation, fatigue, diarrhea and other symptoms, so health care should be done well.