How to prevent and treat thyroid cancer in children?

The harm caused by thyroid cancer is relatively large, and this disease not only occurs in adults, but also in some children, which seriously endangers the health of children. Therefore, we must do a good job of prevention and treatment in our daily life.

What are the causes of thyroid cancer in children?

1. Genetic factors: Thyroid cancer is hereditary, and its incidence is proportional to blood relationship.

2. Thyroid disease: Clinically, many thyroid cancer patients develop because thyroid nodules, thyroiditis and other thyroid cancer diseases are not treated in a timely manner.

3. Radiation damage: Children who need to undergo radiation therapy for some reasons are also more likely to get thyroid cancer, because radiation can cause radiation damage if not handled with care, leading to abnormal cell division and affecting endocrine production, thus inducing thyroid cancer.

4. Excessive iodine intake: If the iodine intake exceeds the standard, it can easily induce thyroid cancer.

What to do about thyroid cancer in children?

Compared with adult patients, children with thyroid cancer have a lower mortality rate and a significantly higher five-year survival rate than adults. However, even if it is not life-threatening, it can cause great harm to the child's study and future life, so they must receive treatment as soon as possible. Specific treatment measures are as follows:

1. Actively cooperate with treatment: There are many clinical methods for treating thyroid cancer, such as surgery, radiotherapy, and endocrine therapy. Generally speaking, surgery plays a leading role in the treatment of thyroid cancer and can effectively and targetedly remove the lesions. Even if local recurrence occurs after surgery, it can still be removed again through surgery. When cancer cells appear isolated or metastasize to distant sites after surgery, radiotherapy should be performed in time to reduce the possibility of thyroid cancer recurrence as much as possible. Endocrine therapy is mainly because the tumor continuously destroys the thyroid gland, and the function of the thyroid gland will slowly be lost. At this time, drugs can replace the function of the thyroid gland to release hormones. The commonly used drug is thyroid hormone tablets. In addition, levothyroxine will be used in combination to measure the level of TSH in the patient's plasma to adjust the dosage of thyroid hormone tablets.

2. Provide good postoperative care: make sure the child gets more rest; the diet should mainly consist of light, nutritious and easily digestible food, and spicy, hard and difficult to digest food should be avoided as much as possible; learn to enlighten the child, divert the child's attention, and appropriately help the child do some physical exercise.