Is one of the glands called endocrine called endocrine because it does not have channels to transport hormones from these glands to the rest of the body as the hormones that these glands are transmitted directly to the blood to the rest of the body
Lies at the front of the neck between what is known as Adam’s apple and the beginning of the chest
It is composed of two identical parts and connects between them what is swept Balbrzkh Some describe as a butterfly where the wings represent the gland and the body represents the link and some similar to the chestnut
The thyroid gland secretes a hormone called thyroxine. This hormone is very necessary for the work of the cells of the body and the lack of this hormone in the childhood stage leads to mental and physical retardation and in adults leads to general laziness and slow absorption and constipation and irregular blood circulation in women. The increase in this hormone leads to a decrease in weight and speed of beats Heart tension and nervous overload and irregular blood circulation
- Benign tumors These tumors affect all ages of women and men, and tumors tend to be multiform in the sense that the gland contains more than a tumor tumors may be present in the teeth and often the functions of the gland natural in the sense not increase or decrease the amount of thyroxine in blood and the patient complained in this case of the tumor of the third view Comfortable in the neck and sometimes complain of difficulty swallowing or repeated inflammation of the airway or change the sound
- Non – benign tumors Or the so-called malignant tumors and usually it is composed of a single tumor is usually felt in one of the thyroid lobes with the knowledge that it may be found in the other and inconceivable these tumors affect men and women, which is more prevalent among women and affects all ages and what distinguishes these tumors from others Of other malignant tumors that they are young and early age are less dangerous than the advanced age, while in other tumors, malignant tumors are more aggressive at early age
- The patient’s history usually complains of the patient or patient of a tumor at the front of the neck and possible change of sound or difficulty swallowing Otakar inflammation of the bronchial tubes
- Clinical examination by the competent doctor where he can examine the patient’s neck or patient to know if the tumor is present in thyroid gland or not and determines the number of tumors and what was present in the wings or one hand was accompanied by a contract lymphoid or not
- The ultrasound scan and ultrasound scan can tell us the size, number, composition of tumors and your clitoral presence or lack of lymph nodes
- Laboratory examination to see the ligament of the gland
- A biopsy of the tumor of the tissue
1- Polyps Surgery The affected lobe is the treatment but not necessarily unless it was a unilateral tumor or difficulty swallowing or breathing or because of the aesthetic dimension and the purpose of the whole cure
2- Malignant tumors This is followed by the work of tissue examination and confirmed the presence of cancer cells, so treatment should be
- Irradiated iodine for women after menopause
- This surgery requires that we remove the lobe and start a month of the process. The radioactive blood test is done to make sure that all the gland cells have been removed. However, if some cells are found, the patient or patient is given radioactive iodine treatment and the total cure rate of malignant tumors of the thyroid gland is very high.