Just found out i have a enlarged thyroid gland and a cyst on it. i need more help to understand it?

There's are many good websites on thyroid. I'll put a few of them below in the source section.





Are you having symptoms of hypothyroidism? They include; weight gain or the inability to lose weight, fatigue, depression, constipation, muscle %26amp; joint aches, headaches, sensitivity to light, dry skin, dry thining hair, brittle finger nails that often have ridges in them, ibs with constipation





Many times if one id hypothyroid and put on thyroid medication the nodules shrink from the added thyroid hormone. I suggest you learn as much as you can about the thyroid so that you get the best care.

Just found out i have a enlarged thyroid gland and a cyst on it. i need more help to understand it?
Go to http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Reply:Could be cancer. They'll need to biopsy before they know for sure. If it is cancer, they'll have to remove the gland, one side at a time because the thyroid is so important to the body that they usually want to leave some of it if they can. The good news is that it's very slow growing most of the time so there's no immediate danger. Mine wasn't enlarged, but there were cysts on it that turned out to be cancerous. That was three years ago. It's a lot easier than most other cancers. I'd look at that website to get some more info.
Reply:simple cyst in the thyroid is most probably benign %26amp; it needs to be aspirated.