NODE GOB PSYCHOTHERAPY

Nodular goiter is a disease associated with an increase in the thyroid gland and the formation of nodal structures in it.

Women get nodal goiter four times more often than men.

The thyroid gland consists of follicles. Each of them has the form of a microscopic ball, inside which there is a colloidal substance. The thyroid node is a single enlarged follicle or multiple follicles (multi-node goiter), several follicles soldered between themselves, a tumor developed from the follicle or follicular cyst.

Causes of goiter.

The exact cause of the nodal goiter is not known. One of the factors that provoke this disease is the lack of iodine in drinking water.

Follicle enlargement and cyst formation begins with changes in the body that increase the load on the thyroid gland. This happens with hereditary diseases, stresses, adverse changes in the environment.

Signs of nodal goiter.

Symptoms of nodal goiter are usually mild. The only manifestations of the disease are the nodes and cysts themselves. The patient has no complaints. Only with significant knot sizes can a person feel the symptoms of a nodal goiter - a feeling of squeezing the neck. With a significant increase, a cosmetic defect worries. In the case of diffuse nodal goiter, the patient shows signs of the disease. In this case, the symptoms are identical with the symptoms of thyrotoxicosis.

The patient feels: a feeling of a filled throat or a sore throat; difficulty breathing; difficulty swallowing; weight loss, increased sweating, increased heart rate, increased nervousness; depression, memory problems; frequent chills, dry skin; discomfort in the gastrointestinal tract, constipation.

Degrees of goiter.

The zero degree of the nodal gob-thyroid gland is not visible and cannot be determined during palpation.

The first degree of the nodal gob-thyroid gland is not visible, but can be probed. Some patients show disorders of the functioning of the thyroid gland.

The second degree of the nodal gob-thyroid gland is visible when swallowing, you can easily feel. The patient has complaints of difficulty swallowing and pain of the neck and head when tilting.

The third degree of nodal goiter - an enlarged thyroid gland makes the contour of the neck thick. The patient complains of hypotension, decreased appetite, weight gain, trembling limbs.

The fourth degree of nodal goiter - increased goiter significantly disrupts the contour of the neck. The patient increases the intensity of the manifestation of symptoms of nodal goiter.

The fifth degree of the nodal goiter - the thyroid gland becomes huge, which leads to compression of nearby organs. The patient suffers from signs of malfunction of all organs and systems of the body.

With the help of palpation, nodes exceeding 1 cm in diameter are detected; in more than half of the cases, the nodes are not palpable and are detected only when performing an ultrasound of the thyroid gland. A multi-nodal goiter is spoken of if two or more nodal formations are found in the thyroid gland.

Diagnosis of goiter.

For diagnosis, an ultrasound of the thyroid gland is usually performed. The presence of a palpable nodal goiter, the size of which, according to ultrasound, exceeds 1 cm, serves as an indication for a fine-needle aspiration biopsy, which makes it possible to verify the morphological (cytological) diagnosis, to distinguish benign nodal formations from thyroid cancer.

To assess the functional state of the nodal goiter, the level of thyroid hormones (TSH, T4, T3) is determined. radioisotope gland scanning is also used. Tomography is performed.

Treatment of nodal goiter.

No specific treatment of nodal colloidal proliferative goiter is required. If the nodal goiter does not disrupt the function of the thyroid gland, is small in size, does not pose a threat of compression or a cosmetic problem, then with this form, the patient is monitored dynamically by an endocrinologist. Only if the nodal goiter detects a trend towards rapid progression, treatment is initiated.
Drug therapy with thyroid hormones, therapy with radioactive iodine and surgical treatment are used.

Node goiter psychotherapy.

In my long-term (35 years) psychotherapeutic practice
I repeatedly had to meet patients with a nodal goiter. Gradually, I created a method of treating this disease. The essence of this method is to affect both the thyroid gland itself and the nervous system. Given that the nervous system, which controls all endocrine organs, is essential in the development of this pathology,