Currently, the transcript of ultrasound of the thyroid gland allows to detect the developmental defects of this organ, to establish whether there are tumors in its tissues or minimal inflammatory foci. Depending on the final parameters of this study, the endocrinologist adjusts the whole patient diagnostic program, since ultrasound only reflects the condition of the gland, but not its functioning.
When do they design ultrasound shchitovidki?
Ultrasound of the thyroid gland is absolutely necessary if:
- the patient works in unhealthy conditions, for example, is constantly at the computer, often changes climatic zones, is in stressful situations;
- patient over 40 years old - at this age, almost doubling the risk of developing malignant and benign neoplasms, and thyroid cancer on ultrasound will be visible;
- the patient quite often during his life had to take hormonal preparations during the therapy of various pathological processes;
- pathological processes in the thyroid gland were found in close relatives of the patient (adverse heredity);
- the patient has diabetes mellitus or endocrine diseases.
Is it normal to see the size of the thyroid gland and ultrasound during pregnancy. You can do it at any time of bearing the child and at the planning stage. Necessarily appoint such examination at occurrence of signs of illnesses shchitovidki (causeless fluctuations of weight, irritability, retardation, infringement of a thermoregulation or frequency of intimate or cardiac reductions).
What can you see on ultrasound?
Not every patient knows what the ultrasound of the thyroid gland shows, and often refuses to undergo the procedure. This is fundamentally wrong, because ultrasound makes it possible to obtain an image that contains information about the state of the body as a whole, as well as its individual areas: tumor formations, inflammatory processes, nodes, resizing or size disruption. At the same time, before the ultrasound of the thyroid gland is done, no special preparations are necessary.
The correct description of survey results should have the following structure:
- shape and location of the organ;
- size and volume of each share;
- total volume of shares;
- focal education;
- the nature of the organ structure;
- blood flow;
- conclusion.
Norm in the results of ultrasound
The norm with ultrasound of the thyroid gland is determined by several indications. First, it's size. Good results mean that there was neither a decrease nor an increase in the organ (in men not more than 25 mm, in women no more than 18 mm). The contours must be smooth and precise. Also the norm in deciphering ultrasound of the thyroid gland is when there are no changes in tissues, formations or nodes are not revealed, and the ehostruktura is homogeneous.
Usually, the results include the analysis of the condition of the lymph nodes of the neck (subclavian and submandibular), since the norm of ultrasound of the thyroid gland coincides with the normal state of these nodes. Basically, to determine the pathology, look at their size.
In any case, the conclusion of an ultrasound of the thyroid gland is not a diagnosis. The results of this survey will be only basic information for an endocrinologist. In order to establish what kind of ailment the body has amazed, a special analysis or even a biopsy should be done. And only by comparing all the results of research can you make a diagnosis.
At norm or rate of US of a thyroid gland analyzes on quantity or amount of thyroid hormones also can be appointed or nominated, as at the initial stage of development of some illnesses of changes in structure and the sizes of a gland still can not be, and here destructive effect on an organism it already can render.