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Suggest Medication For Thyroid Nodules

i have multiple noduals on thyroid but every now and then my throat on the left side feels like it dries out and it is very painful when i swallow. it feels like a pin sticking in it. after i drink alot of fluids it will go away but comes back at any time. what could it be. i do take omeprozole for gurd and don t feel any discomfort with heart burn.
Mon, 18 Jun 2018
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Hello and welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

The most common cause of pain in the thyroid gland is subacute thyroiditis.
In these cases you may have thyroid tenderness but at the same time you may have fever and symptoms of hyperthyroidism followed by symptoms of hypothyroidism.

Your doctor will be more likely to check for subacute thyroiditis if you’ve recently had a viral infection in the upper respiratory tract.(and this is not your case)

From your description i deduct that probably your problem is not due to the thyroid gland.(because your symptoms disappear after you drink fluids, you have not symptoms of hyper/hypothyroidism and your had not an upper respiratory tract infection recently.)

Anyway,You have a multinodular goitre.
For this reason i suggest to do the thyroid tests TSH,fT3 and fT4 to see if you actually need a medication for your thyroid condition.

Second suggestion is to consult a local ENT specialist to check for the right cause of your actual symptoms.

Hope this information is helpful.
Let me know if i can assit you further.

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Suggest Medication For Thyroid Nodules

Hello and welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. The most common cause of pain in the thyroid gland is subacute thyroiditis. In these cases you may have thyroid tenderness but at the same time you may have fever and symptoms of hyperthyroidism followed by symptoms of hypothyroidism. Your doctor will be more likely to check for subacute thyroiditis if you’ve recently had a viral infection in the upper respiratory tract.(and this is not your case) From your description i deduct that probably your problem is not due to the thyroid gland.(because your symptoms disappear after you drink fluids, you have not symptoms of hyper/hypothyroidism and your had not an upper respiratory tract infection recently.) Anyway,You have a multinodular goitre. For this reason i suggest to do the thyroid tests TSH,fT3 and fT4 to see if you actually need a medication for your thyroid condition. Second suggestion is to consult a local ENT specialist to check for the right cause of your actual symptoms. Hope this information is helpful. Let me know if i can assit you further.