Hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism and thyroid nodules are all common endocrine diseases, and these diseases tend to favor women.
Women’s psychological endurance and self-regulation ability are weak, and they are more likely to be nervous and depressed after suffering from these diseases.
Sometimes, even if the disease has been brought under control, the patient will still think foolishly. If he encounters menopause or family conflicts and other problems again at this time, it may make the situation worse and seriously interfere with normal life and work.
In the past, we have talked a lot about the treatment of thyroid diseases, but we have not done enough in how to appease patients and educate them to treat diseases correctly. Doctors should not only cure the patient’s body but also the patient’s heart.
Today, we will talk to you about how’s correct understanding of thyroid diseases so as to adjust his mood and psychology and face them calmly.
Hyperthyroidism is a curable disease
There are many causes of hyperthyroidism, but Graves’ disease is the most common, accounting for 80% ~ 90% of all hyperthyroidism.
There are three major treatments for Graves’ disease: oral drugs, iodine 131 and surgery.
There is always a way to suit you.
Although oral drug therapy takes a long time (generally takes 1.5 ~ 2 years), most Graves diseases can be completely cured by oral drugs.
Even if a small number of patients still do not improve after long-term drug therapy or relapse after treatment, they can still be cured by iodine 131 therapy or surgery.
Each of the three treatment methods has its advantages and disadvantages. For patients, there is no best method, only the most suitable method. Believe that there is always one method that suits you.
Be patient enough
We should not only have confidence, but also have enough patience.
Don’t be unhappy all day because of repeated diseases, and don’t be hit hard by temporary fluctuations in laboratory indicators. The correct approach is to adjust drugs in time under the guidance of specialists.
Excessive pressure will aggravate hyperthyroidism.
In fact, one of the inducements for the onset or aggravation of hyperthyroidism is [the influence of mental factors]. Excessive pressure, mental stimulation and emotional problems may all affect the disease.
So try to relax!
Learn to communicate with your family
We know that hyperthyroidism itself can cause emotional excitement, impatience, easy anger and other manifestations, so hyperthyroidism patients are easy to have conflicts and conflicts with the people around them.
After knowing that he has hyperthyroidism, he not only needs to adjust himself, but also needs to tell his family that his current performance is not due to his original intention, but is caused by diseases, so as to gain the understanding and care of his family and reduce unnecessary misunderstanding.
Young women are the high incidence of hyperthyroidism, they not only need to have children, but also need to struggle for career. The double pressure of family career, the tense relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, coupled with anxiety and depression after illness, are likely to cause greater psychological problems.
If you can get enough understanding, care and support from your family, it will be conducive to the treatment of diseases and the recovery of your mood.
Hypothyroidism is a disease that can be easily treated
Hashimoto thyroiditis (hereinafter referred to as [Hashimoto]) is the most common cause of hypothyroidism. It is characterized by elevated thyroid autoantibodies TPOAb and TGAb.
Hashimoto only needs treatment after hypothyroidism
Hashimoto is a chronic disease, which is mainly divided into three stages:
Hyperthyroidism stage: It occurs in the early stage of Hashimoto and lasts for a very short time. Most patients are not aware of it and generally do not need treatment.
Normal stage of nail function: It occurs in the middle stage of Hashimoto and requires no treatment. It is only necessary to review nail function every year.
Hypothyroidism stage: It occurs in the late stage of Hashimoto and requires medication. Some Hashimoto patients will not suffer from hypothyroidism for life.
It is not necessary to care about the height of the antibody.
For thyroid autoantibodies TPOAb and TGAb, there is no need to check them over and over again. It is necessary to know that these antibodies will not change much basically.
As long as the thyroid function is normal, even if the antibody is very high, it will not have much effect on the body. Never let these high antibodies affect your mood.
The reexamination frequency of hypothyroidism is not high.
After hypothyroidism starts taking medicine, it may be more frequent at the beginning of examination, usually once a month, don’t be afraid of trouble.
After the disease stabilizes, the reexamination time can be appropriately extended, and the reexamination can be conducted every six months to one year.
Hypothyroidism drugs have no side effects.
Hypothyroidism is a chronic disease, just like diabetes and hypertension. Although there is no way to completely cure it fundamentally at present, as long as you take regular medicine, you can control the disease and live and work like normal people.
Hypothyroidism requires levothyroxine (L-T4) treatment. Generally, the disease condition can be controlled only once a day.
As long as the dosage of the drug is well controlled, there will be no adverse effect on the body, so there is no need to worry about it all day long.
Hypothyroidism is more common among middle-aged and elderly women. At this time, it coincides with menopause and middle-aged crisis. Sometimes it may be accompanied by other diseases. It is very important to learn to adjust one’s mentality.
Benign thyroid nodules are not diseases.
Due to the enhancement of people’s health awareness and the development of physical examination equipment and projects, more and more people [have been found] to have thyroid nodules.
After finding thyroid nodules, further examination is needed to evaluate the benign and malignant quality of the nodules. 80% ~ 90% of the nodules are benign nodules and will not become so-called cancers.
For the vast majority of benign nodules, there will be no obvious change in their whole life. That is to say, the nodules will be as big as they are in their 20s and will be as big as they are in their 70s and 80s in the future.
Benign nodules are not actually a disease, such nodules have almost no effect on the body, except affecting people’s mood…
Of course, if you really have concerns, you can consider doing surgery to remove the nodule, so that you can make it clear that the nodule is of what nature. If it is benign, you can be completely relieved.
However, doctors do not recommend using knives for nodules that tend to be benign. It hurts both money and body, and is not worth it.
Thyroid cancer is a mild form of cancer
Some people will say that although most thyroid nodules are benign, some people will be unlucky to become a small part of malignant, which is what we usually call thyroid cancer.
In recent years, due to the improvement of examination level and people’s health awareness, the incidence rate of thyroid cancer has also gradually increased, and many young and middle-aged people have also detected the disease.
However, there is no need to turn pale at the mention of cancer.
Unlike other cancers, the vast majority of thyroid cancers have a good prognosis, with 5-year, 10-year and 30-year survival rates of 97%, 93% and 76%, respectively. This means that 97 out of 100 people can survive after 5 years of thyroid cancer, and as many as 76 people can survive even after 30 years!
You know, the 5-year survival rate of other cancers can reach 50%, which is already relatively high. Therefore, some people call thyroid cancer [the cancer that is least like cancer].
Although no one wants to [wear] the hat of cancer, people with thyroid cancer are indeed luckier than people with other cancers. As long as they are well treated, they can survive for a long time.
Therefore, if you really have thyroid cancer, don’t complain about others, lose hope and be unhappy all day long. This kind of mood is not good for the disease. Long-term psychological problems may also turn into physical discomfort, which is what we common people often say [if you don’t have a disease, you will think of a disease].
Fully understanding one’s illness, facing it positively and optimistically, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle are actually helpful to improve the body’s immunity and the treatment of diseases.
How to Deal with Thyroid Diseases
Thyroid diseases are actually relatively common diseases, thus affecting a wide range of people. How should we deal with thyroid diseases?
Receive regular treatment
After the examination finds thyroid diseases, one must go to a regular hospital to find a specialist (usually an endocrinologist and a thyroid surgeon) for diagnosis and treatment, and receive scientific and standardized treatment and monitoring.
Do not reduce or stop drugs at will, do not forget to review, do not trust folk remedies and secret recipes, and do not rely on health food and drugs.
Correct Understanding of Diseases
If you can learn some knowledge about thyroid diseases by yourself, you can better understand the development and outcome of the disease, better understand and cooperate with doctors’ treatment.
You can directly consult doctors about disease-related issues, and you can also learn some popular science knowledge through the Internet.
Maintain a positive attitude
Too much tension, anxiety or depression are not conducive to the recovery of the disease and may even aggravate the progress of the disease.
Through the above analysis, we know that thyroid diseases are not difficult to treat. We should learn to adjust our mentality and not be too pessimistic. At the same time, we can let family or friends help us to tide over the difficulties together.
If these methods do not work, you can consider asking a professional psychologist or consultant to help you, and don’t just get into a corner and go to a dead end.
Medical progress is so fast, but there are still many diseases that cannot be completely defeated. Why not try to change your mind and learn to coexist peacefully with diseases?