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Thyroid nodules are often referred to as *cold* or *hot*. A cold nodule is not producing hormones. A hot nodule is producing hormones - usually too much.
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Who nodule is more dangerous hot nodule or cold nodule?
Only a doctor can order the tests to determine if any thyroid nodule is dangerous. A thyroid uptake scan will help your doctor determine if your thyroid is hot (active) or cold (inactive).
Can someone on thyroid medication take cold and flu pills?
Depending upon the severity of your cold or flu symptoms, don't stop taking your thyroid medication unless directed by your physician. Your physician will be the best resource for recommending over-the-counter cold or flu medication, as well as understanding how these medications might interact with your thyroid medication.Related Article: Your Thyroid Health and Dealing with a Cold or the Flu
Is being cold one of the symptoms of thyroid?
Since the thyroid gland helps regulate metabolism, feeling cold can indicate that the thyroid in under active, called hypothyroid. One of the important nutrients for the thyroid is iodine, so eating seafood or using salt that has iodine added is good for the health of they thyroid gland.
Nodules on the thyroid?
Nodules in the thyroid may be cancerous or benign. They may be *hot* (producing hormone) or *cold (not producing hormone).
Does a cold nodule in the thyroid mean cancer?
If an endocrinologist asks you to undergo a thyroid uptake scan, you will have to take a small amount of radioactive isotope that will get absorbed by the thyroid gland. Within 24 hours of swallowing the radioactive isotope, pictures will be taken of your thyroid. This test helps to determine if a thyroid nodule is an active part of the thyroid tissue or not. When the nodule comes back as 'cold' this means that it didn't absorb as much of the radioactive isotope; as it would be expected by tissue that is an active part of the thyroid gland. A 'cold' nodule doesn't necessarily mean that you have cancer. It just means that your doctor might want to undergo further testing to determine if there is a need to monitor the nodule or surgically remove it.
Can you use cough medication with thyroid medications?
Your physician will be the best resource for recommending over-the-counter cold or flu medication, as well as understanding how these medications might interact with your thyroid medication.
What conjestion medication can be taken with thyroid medication?
Your physician will be the best resource for recommending over-the-counter cold or flu medication, as well as understanding how these medications might interact with your thyroid medication.
What are a list of low thyroid symptoms?
Symptoms of an under-active thyroid include fatigue, increased sensitivity to cold, constipation, weight gain, weakness, loss or thinning of hair, or dry skin.
What is the Difference between hot and cold thyroid nodule?
The difference between hot and cold thyroid nodules refers to the appearance of the thyroid when viewed by a Nuclear Medicine Thyroid Scan. During a thyroid scan, the patient is given radioactive iodine which is taken orally. The radioactive iodine is absorbed into the bloodstream and gets picked up by functioning thyroid tissue. The thyroid utilizes iodine in its function of producing thyroid hormones. With a Nuclear Medicine scan, the radioactive iodine acts like non-radioactive iodine and is absorbed by the thyroid gland to be used in the production of thyroid hormones. Therefore, functioning thyroid tissue will become radioactive by the absorption of the radioactive iodine. Areas of the thyroid which are overly functioning will pick up more radioactive iodine than normal tissue and are referred to as being "hot". Areas of the thyroid that are functioning less than normal or not at all will pick up less or none of the radioactive iodine. These areas are referred to as being "cold". With the use of special "cameras" the radioactive iodine is detected in the thyroid gland and a picture is formed. The "hot" areas will show up darker than normal tissue and the "cold" areas will show up as lighter than normal tissue or as completely blank areas. The "hot" nodules are overly functioning thyroid tissue, very often palpable from the outer surface of the skin, and are sometimes cancerous tissue. The "cold" nodules are also sometimes palpable from the outer skin surface. These non-functioning areas can be scar tissue, cysts or a variety of non thyroid tissue infiltrating the thyroid gland.
Does a consistently cold nose mean potentially poor circulation?
Not necessarily. About 2 years ago i was always cold, nose hands, everywhere, and it turned out to be an underactive thyroid. I am now on daily medicine for that and, my nose is still cold all the time. Maybe if the rest of you is cold all the time, and you have low energy and your skin is dry, you could get your dr to have a blood test taken to test your thyroid. Also, to improve your cold nose, you should apply heat.
What is the symptom of hyper thyroid?
It depends upon the thyroid condition. An underactive thyroid occurs in a condition called hypothyroidism; this is characterized by an insensitivity to cold, lethargy/fatigue, and weight gain. An overactive thyroid gland, which occurs in hyperthyroidism, can produce heat insensitivity, anxiety, weight loss, fast heart rate, palpitations, can predispose you to heart arrhythmias.AnswerHeat or cold intolerance; Weight gain, with hypothyroidism, or weight loss with hyperthyroidism; Depression with hypothyroidism, or mania/hypomania with hyperthyroidisml Fatigue with hypothyroidism or agitation/anxiety and palpitations with hyperthyroidism, as well as many others.
Why do you feel cold at night and hot on a morning?
Sounds like a thyroid problem. Look in "Presciptions for Natural Healing" by Balch
