Tag: Thyroid cancer

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If you want to know [whether there is thyroid cancer] [what kind of thyroid cancer is it], you can check the tumor markers!

Everyone must have heard of this examination of tumor markers. Examining tumor markers has many functions: Check tumor markers during physical examination, mainly for early detection of tumors. Patients who have been diagnosed with tumors check tumor markers, mainly to evaluate the therapeutic effect and monitor the recurrence of tumors. Different tumor markers correspond to tumors in different parts. For example: AFP: corresponding liver carcinoembryonic antigen CEA: corresponding gastrointestinal tract, lung and other glycosyl antigen CA199: corresponding biliary tract, pancreatic prostate specific antigen PSA: corresponding site is prostate Tumor Markers of Thyroid Gland Tumor markers related to thyroid cancer include: Thyroglobulin Tg and anti-thyroglobulin antibody TgAb calcitonin Ct Note: Ct here refers to calcitonin, which is examined by blood drawing. Read More …

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Radioactive iodine treatment can only be pregnant after 6 months. What if you are pregnant ahead of schedule?

There are three treasures for hyperthyroidism treatment: drugs, surgery and iodine 131. Iodine 131 is radioactive iodine treatment. Which situations will be treated with iodine 131? 1. Hyperthyroidism Because drug therapy has many side effects, a long course of treatment and a relatively high risk of surgical treatment, many hyperthyroidism friends will choose iodine 131 therapy. 2. Thyroid cancer Some patients after thyroid cancer surgery need iodine 131 to remove the residual cancer cells. Generally, doctors will inform patients in advance that hyperthyroidism will be treated with iodine 131 and will become pregnant after 6 months. Thyroid cancer treated with iodine 131 was pregnant one year later. Why does it take so long to get pregnant? 1. Iodine 131 is Read More …

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I don’t know how much iodine is appropriate to eat every day. Don’t you want to cause thyroid problems because of eating the wrong iodine?

Iodine and thyroid gland are close friends. Iodine is an essential raw material for synthesizing thyroid hormone. When friends get along with each other, they need to grasp the discretion. One point more or one point less is easy to cause conflicts. Iodine deficiency: It will not only lead to hypothyroidism, goiter and mental retardation in children, but also induce thyroid nodules and thyroid follicular cancer. Iodine excess: not only will lead to hyperthyroidism, but also Hashimoto thyroiditis and papillary thyroid cancer. How much iodine is appropriate to eat every day? In order to promote the thyroid health of all mankind, WHO recommends that different groups should eat iodine like this: Children aged 0 ~ 5 years old ingest 90 Read More …

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Non-iodized salt? Low iodized salt? Healthy Balanced Salt? Thyroid experts teach you how to buy salt.

Ordinary salt, healthy balance salt, low iodized salt, non-iodized salt, sea salt, lake salt, rock salt, bamboo salt… We were almost confused by all kinds of salt in supermarkets. Especially for thyroid patients, salt selection is a headache, because some patients need to avoid iodine diet and some patients need low iodine diet. How to distinguish all kinds of salt? Director Xie Lei, a thyroid expert, taught you hand in hand. First of all, we need to understand all kinds of salts. Xiao Li, director of Xie Lei’s assistant, took advantage of the November holiday to travel through several large supermarkets, bought various kinds of salt and classified the salt. According to the iodine content, salt is mainly divided into Read More …

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If you have thyroid problems, should you avoid iodine diet, low iodine diet or iodine-friendly diet?

With thyroid diseases, doctors often advise to avoid iodine diet or low iodine diet or iodine-friendly diet. However, patients are often confused and full of doubts. Which thyroid diseases need to control iodine intake? Is what an iodine-free diet, a low iodine diet and an iodine-suitable diet? What foods are available and which foods should be avoided? … … Look at this article, perhaps we can have a deeper understanding. Determine what kind of diet you need First of all, it is necessary to find out which diet your thyroid problem corresponds to. No thyroid problem: iodine-suitable diet hyperthyroidism: iodine-free diet Hashimoto hypothyroidism: low iodine diet thyroid nodules: iodine-suitable diet thyroid cancer surgery, iodine 131 before treatment: iodine-free diet other Read More …

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[If you are in full bloom, butterflies will come from you]-The Life Transformation of Anti-cancer Young Women

Editor’s Note: She is a thyroid cancer patient. She is a post-80s mother. She is a literary and artistic young woman who loves painting. She is Lizi sauce! Life gave her a bolt from the blue, but she responded with an optimistic and calm smile. Let’s walk into the cartoon life of anti-cancer young women and have a look! Hello everyone, I am Li Zi Jiang! 2013 is the first year of my thyroid cancer, and it has been 3.5 years since the operation. After experiencing the original confusion, worry, care, Every time you eat a dish, check whether it is cruciferous… Up to now, I am calm, at ease, talking and laughing, Even occasionally willful to eat a seafood Read More …

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Thyroid diseases can cause heart disease, and these 5 symptoms should be paid attention to!

Thyroid hormones secreted by thyroid gland can act on all organs of the whole body, including the heart. Therefore, if thyroid gland has problems, the heart may also have problems. Arrhythmia caused by hyperthyroidism Excessive secretion of thyroid hormone in hyperthyroidism causes rapid and strong contraction of the heart, which is prone to myocardial ischemia and hypoxia. The heart becomes hypertrophic, the [doors and windows] between the heart chambers cannot be closed, and the [circuit system] of the heart will also be affected and arrhythmia (such as tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, premature beats, etc.) will occur. In the long run, the burden on the heart is getting heavier and heavier, and eventually exhaustion is what is called heart failure in medicine. Read More …

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To treat thyroid diseases, maybe the medicine you are using is not right…

Thyroid diseases have become more and more common in recent years. Not to mention thyroid cancer, even some benign thyroid diseases, such as hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, nodular goiter or thyroiditis, are enough to make us depressed for a long time. If the doctor says, “You don’t need to take medicine for this disease, just observe it regularly!” ] We may feel like we have a time bomb in our body, desperately trying to find some medicine to take. If the doctor says, “You can’t cure this disease with the existing treatment methods, you can only take medicine for a long time to control the disease.” We may not give up and ask around for a cure. It is precisely by taking Read More …