In recent years, the incidence of thyroid cancer has increased year by year, and there is a trend of younger people. Recently, the Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine admitted three teenage thyroid cancer patients, all of whom were found relatively late. To this end, experts remind: early screening of thyroid cancer is very important.
The 16-year-old girl was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. The trigger may be related to radiation and heredity
Today (March 1), the reporter saw the patient Ningning (pseudonym), who is 16 years old. A month ago, I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer because my neck became thicker.
Wang Jianhua, director of the Department of Nail and Breast Surgery, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, said: “The tumor is very large, about six or seven centimeters in size. , has been attached to some muscles of the esophagus and neck, including some important organs of the throat.”
A week ago, Ningning underwent thyroid tumor resection and is recovering smoothly. Iodine therapy is also required. According to the doctor, in the past month, this hospital has admitted three juvenile thyroid cancer patients, all of whom were found late and had lymph node metastasis.
Ning Ning’s mother said, “I didn’t care much at the time, and she didn’t have any symptoms.”
Qian Tao, deputy chief physician of the general surgery department of Jiangsu Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital, said: ” We also often find more and more young patients clinically. There are many factors. It is currently recognized that it is due to radiation and other genetic factors. , we will recommend some genetic testing.”
If you have a family history, you need to be careful with early screening for lumps in the neck.
The doctor reminds that most thyroid cancers have a good prognosis, but need Early diagnosis and early treatment. Adolescents with a family history of thyroid cancer should pay attention to early screening, regular thyroid function tests and ultrasonography. The early signs of thyroid cancer generally appear in the neck, so be careful.
Wang Jianhua, director of the Department of Nail and Breast Surgery, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, said: “If the neck is large or the neck is Painful swollen lymph nodes, this kind of lymph nodes are often not painful, it is not inflammatory, it is worthy of our parents to be vigilant at this time, and we should take the children to the hospital in time for treatment.”