Three thyroid patients treated successfully

Hoshiarpur, April 16

Three patients with thyroid problems were recently treated at a hospital. A 69-year-old woman patient had a history of increasing thyroid gland, which measured 80x 81x 111 mm, with coarse calcification and central necrosis. The patient underwent total thyroidectomy, with minimal blood loss, both the recurrent laryngeal nerves were preserved during surgery.

In the second case, a 74-year-old man with severe neck pain and difficulty in breathing was treated. He had a history of thyroid enlargement but was negligent to not get it addressed timely, as a result there was hemorrhage inside the left lobe of thyroid. Despite the patient being elderly the surgery went smoothly with no intra or postoperative complications.

In the third case, a 64-year-woman with an enlarged left lobe of thyroid which had started causing discomfort during swallowing and on lying down she has difficulty in breathing.

Dr Navdeep Kaur Boparai, an ENT expert, who treated these patients said that thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that sits low on the front of the neck. It lies below Adam’s apple, along the front of the windpipe. The thyroid has two side lobes, connected by a bridge (isthmus) in the middle. When the thyroid is its normal size, you can’t feel it , she asserted.