The disease in the neck, women have more than men: Hair loss, reduced libido beware

When you see an abnormal mass in the neck or dry hair or loss, decreased libido . then you should think of the thyroid disease.

Currently more and more people suffer from thyroid diseases, Dr. Le Thi Viet Ha - Head of Department of Thyroid Disease (Central Endocrinology Hospital) said that up to 30% of people from 18 to 65 years old suffer from diseases is related to the thyroid gland, in which women have more diseases than men .

Women often have more thyroid disease than men.

Among the thyroid diseases, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, thyroiditis, goiter (mononuclear and polymorphonuclear) . are the most common diseases. However, each disease has different manifestations and danger levels if not detected early and treated promptly.

The following are common manifestations of thyroid diseases:

1. Hyperthyroidism (also known as basedow): This is a fairly common disease and usually occurs between the ages of 18 and 60. Dr. Ha said that the manifestations of this disease are both men and women often have goiters, big neck. out, bulging eyes (may or may not), tachycardia, palpitations, trembling hands, weight loss, blood pressure changes . Particularly for women also manifested menstrual disorders, decreased libido want.

Dr. Ha said that when seeing a large neck, reducing libido, the thyroid disease should immediately be thought of.

1. Hypothyroidism: The cause of the disease may be encountered after thyroid surgery or by autoimmune thyroiditis. Common symptoms are anorexia, fatigue, dry hair, fear of cold, constipation, or forgetting to forget. 'For people with hypothyroidism, thyroid hormone compensation is extremely important, if it is compensated in the right amount, the patient will be normal, without the abnormal symptoms as mentioned above,' said Dr. Ha. share.
2. Mononucleosis, polymorphonucleosis: In patients with this disease, the common manifestation is swallowing, entanglement, bulging in the neck causing cosmetic loss. For mononucleosis if benign, small tumors do not need surgery, but need to be monitored every 3 to 6 months / 1 time. 'In case the tumor enlarges, affects the aesthetics, causes difficulty in breathing, swallowing, swallowing, it must be treated by surgery or burning by high frequency wave. The method of high frequency burning will be less invasive, quick, aesthetic, preserving thyroid function and not requiring hormone treatment for a lifetime ' , said Dr. Ha.

Viet Ha doctor examines a patient with a cyst that causes neck compression.

1. Cystic disease: Manifestations of the disease are bulging in the neck, the inside contains fluid. In some cases, patients with cysts containing 50% fluid, 50% solid. But there are also those capsule containing 100% translation. 'Patients with benign thyroid cysts previously had to be treated with fluid aspiration several times. For now, patients can be treated by injecting ethanol alcohol (specialized alcohol) through the skin under the guidance of ultrasound. This treatment method is safe for patients, does not leave scars, is cost-saving and does not require medication after alcohol injection ' , said Dr. Ha.
2. Thyroiditis: Doctor Le Thi Viet Ha said that thyroiditis can occur at any age, but young children (about 5-7 years old) are the most common subject of thyroiditis. Manifestations of the disease are thyroid pain, bulging in the neck, sore throat, painful swelling on one or both sides of the thyroid gland, bilateral pain on the ear, slight fever, difficulty turning the head .

Young children are also at risk for thyroid disease but are often confused with other illnesses.(Illustration)

With this disease, this patient in addition to treatment with antibiotics, anti-inflammatory, the patient also has to examine specialist ENT, endoscopy to see if there is a perforated sinus hole.'In the case of a patient with a perforated sinus hole, just plug the hole, then the combination treatment can completely cure it,' said Dr. Ha.

Finally, Dr. Ha recommends that when people show up as above-mentioned symptoms, they need medical facilities to inspect them as soon as possible.'At present, thyroid diseases can be cured if detected promptly,' said Dr. Ha.

Measures to prevent pathological thyroid

1. Eat a reasonable diet, eat lots of fiber like vegetables, fruits to strengthen thyroid hormones.
2. Iodine is sufficient for the body, through daily salt or foods . However, just using it is not enough and there is no shortage. For adults it is 150mg, and for pregnant women is 200mg.
3. Exercise to increase resistance to disease in general and thyroid disease in particular.
4. No smoking.
5. Periodic health examination.

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