Thyroid tumors are a more common disease in clinically and occurring in women than in men, and patients usually choose the treatment of surgery. Everyone knows that thyroid tumors are very harmful to health, so what harm will thyroid tumors cause to the body?
Thyroid tumor harm
(1) Thyroid tumors are benign and malignant. Benign thyroid tumors themselves are not serious, and there are generally no obvious symptoms in the tumor. However, if left untreated, the tumor will become larger and larger, and individual patients with larger tumors will have dyspnea, dysphagia, hoarseness and other symptoms due to tumor compression of the trachea, esophagus and recurrent laryngeal nerve. In addition, benign thyroidomas have a malignant rate of 10% to 20%. Therefore, it should be treated as soon as possible after detection.
(2) Malignant thyroid tumor, that is, thyroid cancer, most of which are low and moderate malignant, and the survival rate of patients after the disease is relatively high. However, a small number of patients are highly malignant and severely life-threatening. Therefore, it should be paid attention to and treated in time.
(3) If the thyroid tumor is not treated, the course of the disease will be long, the qi and yin will be injured, and eventually the yin and yang will be damaged by each other, becoming a difficult disease and even life-threatening.
Some thyroid adenomas can become cancerous, and the cancer rate is 10%~20%. The possibility of malignant transformation shall be considered in the following cases:
(1) The tumor has recently enlarged rapidly
(2) Tumor activity is limited or fixed
(3) Symptoms of oppression such as hoarseness and difficulty breathing
(4) The tumor is hard and the surface is rough and uneven
(5) Swollen cervical lymph nodes
So how to prevent thyroid tumors?
1. Eat reasonably
If you want to prevent thyroid tumors, you must first eat a reasonable diet, eat iodized salt in moderation, do not eat at all, but also not eat too much. Too much or too little iodine intake can easily cause thyroid tumors, so you must pay more attention when eating iodized salt. For people with iodine deficiency, you can usually eat some foods with high iodine elements, but if the iodine content in the body is too high, you need to reduce the intake of such foods.
2. Quit smoking and alcohol
Quitting smoking and alcohol can also help prevent thyroid tumors. Cigarettes and alcohol contain a lot of harmful ingredients, which will have a great impact on health, reduce the body's immunity, and increase the incidence of thyroid tumors and other diseases. Therefore, if you want to prevent thyroid tumors, you should quit smoking and alcohol.
3. Strengthen physical exercise
Increased physical activity is also a good way to prevent thyroid tumors. If you have a strong body, the chance of being attacked by diseases will be greatly reduced, so you should strengthen physical exercise and do more outdoor sports in your daily life. As long as you keep doing it, the body's resistance and immunity will be enhanced, so that you can achieve the purpose of preventing common diseases such as thyroid tumors.
4. Maintain a good mood
It is also necessary to maintain a good mood for the prevention of thyroid tumors. In daily life, you should learn to release stress and self-cultivation, do not be too nervous and anxious when encountering things, but learn to adjust your mentality and try to maintain a pleasant mood, which can reduce the incidence of various diseases, including thyroid tumors.
5. Avoid overwork
If the person is always in a state of overwork, it will cause great damage to the thyroid gland, thereby inducing thyroid tumors. Therefore, in daily life, we should achieve a combination of work and rest, do not overwork, and do not stay up late for a long time, so as not to suffer from thyroid tumors or other thyroid diseases.