Thyrotoxicosis is an increased function of the thyroid gland, in which the body is poisoned by an overabundance of hormones. For the treatment of thyrotoxicosis it is important to regularly check the level of TSH, T_4 and T_3, and, depending on this, regulate treatment.
The main method of treatment of thyrotoxicosis at early stages is drug therapy, which is prescribed according to a certain scheme depending on the results of the tests. Without timely correction of treatment, thyrotoxicosis is transformed into hypothyroidism - a lack of hormones, the symptoms of which are also unpleasant, as in thyrotoxicosis.
If the medicines do not give the proper effect, then the doctors prescribe more radical methods - therapy with radioactive iodine or surgical intervention.
Folk methods in thyrotoxicosis are shown at the remission stage, when the disease is not acute. They are additional means of treatment, which must be taken with the permission of the attending physician.
Thyrotoxicosis of the thyroid gland - treatment
The following methods of treatment of thyrotoxicosis should be implemented under the supervision of the attending physician on the basis of the data of the analyzes and the course of the disease.
Thyrotoxicosis - treatment with folk remedies
Traditional methods of treatment of thyrotoxicosis are used, as a rule, at the stage of remission. Especially effective is the following remedy for the treatment of autoimmune thyroiditis - some believe that this remedy is capable of curing the body of an inadequate attack by the immune cells of the thyroid gland.
To prepare you will need:
- honey - 500 g;
- lemon - 4 pieces;
- walnuts - 400 g.
All the ingredients must be crushed (lemon with skin) and mixed, and take this drug for 1 tablespoon. 3 times a day for 1.5 months. The substances that make up the ingredients of the drug actively participate in the formation of immune cells and promote regeneration processes. Walnuts, among other things, contain iodine. Thus, it is a strengthening immune agent that can positively affect the renewal of immune cells.
But, nevertheless, taking into account the fact that thyroid diseases sometimes arise due to genetic predisposition, such treatment may prove ineffective.
Treatment of thyrotoxicosis by tyrosol
Tyrozole is very often used to treat thyrotoxicosis in the first stages. This drug disrupts the synthesis of thyroid hormones, and thus controls their number. The medication is not harmless, and can cause harm to health with individual intolerance or with an incorrectly prescribed dosage.
The intake of Tyrozole is long enough - at least 1.5 years from the beginning, even if the test results are stable and normalized. Long-term use is necessary in order to "accustom" the thyroid gland to work in a certain mode and to synthesize a normal amount of hormones. Often after the withdrawal of the drug symptoms return, and thus, a person will be forced to take Tyrozole daily for life.
Excessive dosage of tyrosol leads to hypothyroidism, in which case the patient will be forced to take drugs like L-thyroxine, which contain synthetic analogues of thyroid hormones.
Admission Tyrozol should be under the supervision of a doctor and adjusted, depending on the decrease or increase of hormones. The drug is withdrawn gradually and can last for several months. Abrupt drug can lead to a relapse.
In addition to Tyrozole, beta-blockers are often prescribed for the treatment of thyrotoxicosis, which reduce the number of heartbeats per minute. One of the main symptoms of thyrotoxicosis is heart palpitations.
With an excitable nervous system, sedative medications are also prescribed. Absence of stress factors and stable emotional state is one of the most important indicators for recovery, which can not be ignored.
Treatment of exophthalmos in thyrotoxicosis is to maintain vision. In most cases, external symptoms pass after
Treatment of thyrotoxicosis with radioactive iodine
Treatment with radioactive iodine is considered a modern method of treating thyrotoxicosis, although it has a lot of shortcomings and side effects. The patient is prescribed capsules with radioactive iodine, and since the thyroid gland absorbs them, it is exposed to radiation, which leads to the destruction of her cells and tumor formations, if they were. Such therapy can lead to hypothyroidism and mandatory lifelong reception of hormonal drugs.
Surgical treatment of thyrotoxicosis
With a large size of goiter, severe allergic reactions, a decrease in white blood cells, surgical intervention is indicated. It is carried out only at a condition of medicamentous indemnification (when at reception of medicines level of hormones in norm). If you perform an operation in a state of imbalance of hormones, then after it a thyrotoxic crisis may develop.