If I can feel my thyroid a bit enlarged is this an overactive or underactive thyroid?
I have been having trouble getting in to see a doctor a the last couple of weeks my thyroid seems to be enlarged. I have had restricitve sensation on my throat. In the last 24hrs I think I can feel the actual gland just above my breastbone. It makes me gag if I press on it lightly ie like to wash myself there etc.
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- It is really hard to know what is going on with you by your description. Can you go to a hospital or ER easier than to a doctors office? The problem is that doctors put you on a wait list or make you wait months. The best is to go to the ER and get urgent care. Not sure about food helping - because we do not know what the cause or the problem is. Until it is diagnosed we are just guessing. I wish you good luck, and please do not wait around. You have have a doctor check this for you ASAP.
- Enlarged thryoid can mean under or overactive thyroid. If you are gaining weight, feeling sluggish, or feel cold often, it is probably underactive. If you feel anxious, sweaty, or have been losing weight, it may be overactive. Underactive thyroid slows metabolism down, overactive speeds it up. Either way, you need to consult a doctor for a definite diagnosis.
- You need to go to the doc immediately. A thyroid that swells out of control can strangle you.
- Don't "WAIT" to gat an appointment.Demand one!I ended up in the hospital with cancer!GO.....Now!
- Is this sympton of overactive or underactive thyroid if it is thyroid at all.
- It could also be cancer. I went to the doctor the day after I "felt" my thyroid and two weeks later was in surgery and had thyroid cancer. That was almost 2 years ago and now it's back and in my lymphnodes.
Good luck!
- Are there any foods that will make this worse or any foods that may help. I have changed my diet recently also.
- Thanks :)
- Only a doctor can tell, and only after taking your personal and family history, examining you and running at least a few blood tests.
This won't be about your diet, unless you've added something to which you are allergic. Food allergies don't always start with dangerous symptoms, but they can build to that very quickly.
You're talking about some restriction in your throat. Whatever the cause of this is, it's not good. Find someone who can drive you to the nearest hosptical, and get there ASAP. This could be nothing, but it could also be life-threatening, and you don't want to take that risk.
- I live in a very isolated area with very minimal transport. I will endeavour to try to find a way to get in too see a doctor again tomorrow, Monday however I was wondering if anyone could tell me anything in the meantime.