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How Can Goiter And Breathing Difficulty Be Treated?

I have hyperthyroidism and right now II have a goiter and it is causing me to have trouble breathing and I have been getting headaches for a week now and they don t go away and I am having trouble swallowing as well and I am homeless right now and no insurance and everytime I ask someone for help they turn me away. what can I do for it to make it better on my own since I was already told the kind I have can kill me.
Tue, 26 Dec 2017
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Hello. Thanks for asking on Healthcaremagic. A goiter is an enlargement of the thyroid gland. There could be many types of goiter occurring due to various reasons. Sometimes the goiter extends behind the chest bone and extends on the inner side which might not be apparent to the naked eye. It is called plunging goiter and it is only detected on the ultrasound. We can only see the visible part of the thyroid. In this the thyroid gland enlarges and presses on the orsophagus and trachea in the neck. As a result the patient has difficulty in breathing and swallowing food. It is always advisable that if you are having such critical symptoms you must consult a surgeon and after thorough tests like thyroid hormone blood profile, ultrasound neck and a fine needle aspiration cytology to rule out any malignancy... You must go in for removal of the goiter. These symptoms are indications for surgery. Hope I helped. Kindly consult a surgeon. Thanks.
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How Can Goiter And Breathing Difficulty Be Treated?

Hello. Thanks for asking on Healthcaremagic. A goiter is an enlargement of the thyroid gland. There could be many types of goiter occurring due to various reasons. Sometimes the goiter extends behind the chest bone and extends on the inner side which might not be apparent to the naked eye. It is called plunging goiter and it is only detected on the ultrasound. We can only see the visible part of the thyroid. In this the thyroid gland enlarges and presses on the orsophagus and trachea in the neck. As a result the patient has difficulty in breathing and swallowing food. It is always advisable that if you are having such critical symptoms you must consult a surgeon and after thorough tests like thyroid hormone blood profile, ultrasound neck and a fine needle aspiration cytology to rule out any malignancy... You must go in for removal of the goiter. These symptoms are indications for surgery. Hope I helped. Kindly consult a surgeon. Thanks.