When winter arrived, everyone was busy keeping warm and afraid of colds. But you know what? This season, there’s an organ like Little Butterfly, the thyroid, and it’s also likely to be silent, affecting our health. This organ, though small, is super-important, and it has hormones that can help us regulate the metabolism of our bodies, control growth and develop, and affect emotions and energy. Today, let’s talk about what might happen to the thyroid in the winter.
Let’s start with the goitre function, the aphrodisiac. Imagine, if the thyroid were overworked, with too many hormones, our bodies would be like an accelerator. In this way, you might find yourself particularly afraid of the heat, sweating even in winter, beating faster, eating too much and losing weight. It’s not a good thing you’re skinny when it’s supposed to be a good season. In turn, the reduction in thyroid function and the reduction in the number of thyroid “strikes” are insufficient for hormones. This is when you feel very cold, your hands and feet are always warm, your whole body is lazy, you have no strength or spirit. In winter, you may have worn thicker clothes earlier than the others, but still not warm enough. And, you know, you can get weight gain, your skin dried up, your memory changed, and you’re not in the state. There is also the case of thyroiditis, which is usually caused by infection. In winter, when the weather is cold and body resistance is reduced, the thyroid is easily hit. You may feel a pain in your neck, and sometimes you have a fever, and you don’t feel comfortable eating. Now, go on, go on, go on, go on. In most cases, they are benign and do not cause any major disruption. Sometimes, however, they may be malicious and require early detection and treatment. In winter, the clothes were much better dressed, sometimes touching the neck, and the parcels were not visible, which could delay the examination. Last but not least, thyroid cancer. Although the incidence is not particularly high, no one wants to spread it. Symptoms of thyroid cancer may include a hard block on the neck and uncomfortable breathing or swallowing.
In winter, changes in the neck are often overlooked, which may miss the opportunity for early detection. So how do we prevent and treat these thyroid problems? It’s not hard. It’s about getting used to it. In winter, more iodine-containing foods, such as seaweeds and purple vegetables, are available because iodine is a raw material for synthetic thyroid hormones. In addition, the thyroid is less trouble-prone because of the regularity, the proper exercise, the good mood, the physical bar. If there’s a thyroid problem, you have to do what the doctor tells you to do. Tethronic and thyroid reduction may require medication to adjust hormone levels; thyroid inflammation requires antibiotic or antiviral drugs; thyroid gland has to undergo regular ultrasound to see if there has been any change in the block; if there is thyroid cancer, it requires surgery, treatment, chemotherapy to fight the disease earlier.
Anyway, in winter, besides keeping warm, don’t forget your little butterfly, the thyroid. Through good habits and regular medical examinations, we can detect problems early, solve them early, make them healthy and enjoy the winter!
