Thyroid ultrasound or Thyroid scan (what to trust) Help...?!
Question: Thyroid ultrasound or Thyroid scan (what to trust) Help!.!.!.!?
I am a 26 year old female!. I went to Dr!. about 6 mo!. ago, Dr!. felt my neck and said he felt a lump!. So he writes an order for an ultrasound on my neck!. Well long story short I never go get it (to busy)!. Well abourt two weeks ago I start having a little pain and my lymph nodes swollen like always!. I am always so tired but it was my 1st year of teaching so I just said that's why!. 3weeks ago I go back to Dr!. and he reorders ultrasound!. All my bloodwork is normal!.
The ultrasound shows thyroid nodule on left side!. Dr!. than orders a tyroid scan which I had Mon and Tus!. Well the tyroid nodule does not show up on the scan!. The ultrasound and the scan were about a week and a half apart!. So what do I need to do!? How does this happen!? I feel like an old person, I get tired from getting dressed in the morning!. What could be wrong!? I am not hyper or hypo!. I just know I don't feel well!. The nodule had been there for 6 mo maybe longer it can't just go away in the matter of a week can it!? Help!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
The ultrasound shows thyroid nodule on left side!. Dr!. than orders a tyroid scan which I had Mon and Tus!. Well the tyroid nodule does not show up on the scan!. The ultrasound and the scan were about a week and a half apart!. So what do I need to do!? How does this happen!? I feel like an old person, I get tired from getting dressed in the morning!. What could be wrong!? I am not hyper or hypo!. I just know I don't feel well!. The nodule had been there for 6 mo maybe longer it can't just go away in the matter of a week can it!? Help!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Ask what your actual TSH number was!. If it is higher than 3, you are hypothyroid!. Unfortunately, some labs and docs are still using the old limits of 5 or 6!. It was changed in 2002!.
Editing to add - I just looked at your other Qs re: anxiety and heart palpation and weakness/fatigue!. Those symptoms sound like hyperthyroidism, in which case a TSH below 0!.3 would be alarming!. Again, find out your TSH number!. If it has been a few weeks since your TSH test, and you've developed new symptoms, get another test!. My TSH changed dramatically in just a few weeks when I became hypothyroid with Hashimoto's thyroiditis!.
When you were told that your nodule did not show up on the scan, that didn't mean that it went away!. Nodules that do not appear on the scan are called "cold nodules", meaning that they do not take up radioactive iodine like normal, functioning thyroid tissue does!. The next step is likely a fine needle biopsy to check for cancer!. While most cold nodules are not cancerous, they are the types to check for cancer!. Do not put off any future tests!. Your life is too important!. Take this seriously, but don't panic!. Your chance of cancer is less than 15% with a cold nodule, and most thyroid cancers have a very sucessful treatment rate!. Take care!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Editing to add - I just looked at your other Qs re: anxiety and heart palpation and weakness/fatigue!. Those symptoms sound like hyperthyroidism, in which case a TSH below 0!.3 would be alarming!. Again, find out your TSH number!. If it has been a few weeks since your TSH test, and you've developed new symptoms, get another test!. My TSH changed dramatically in just a few weeks when I became hypothyroid with Hashimoto's thyroiditis!.
When you were told that your nodule did not show up on the scan, that didn't mean that it went away!. Nodules that do not appear on the scan are called "cold nodules", meaning that they do not take up radioactive iodine like normal, functioning thyroid tissue does!. The next step is likely a fine needle biopsy to check for cancer!. While most cold nodules are not cancerous, they are the types to check for cancer!. Do not put off any future tests!. Your life is too important!. Take this seriously, but don't panic!. Your chance of cancer is less than 15% with a cold nodule, and most thyroid cancers have a very sucessful treatment rate!. Take care!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I have thyroid nodules and I am monitored by an endocrinologist!. I have had them for 6 years and my doctor has never used a thyroid scan!. Maybe your nodule is too small to be seen on the scan!? This just a thought of mine!.
My nodules are not cancerous, and alot of women suffer from them, but I have never felt tired or run down from them!. My advice is to keep following up with your doctor (find an endocrinologist)Www@Answer-Health@Com
My nodules are not cancerous, and alot of women suffer from them, but I have never felt tired or run down from them!. My advice is to keep following up with your doctor (find an endocrinologist)Www@Answer-Health@Com
your thyroid is a mess and hes trying to find out what to do!. you will have to be on meds i am sure when this is over with as for the knob on there i am not sure but you have to take the meds and then you will feel lots beter that is why you are so tired and dragged out!.Www@Answer-Health@Com