Nontoxic diffuse goiter

The main cause of endemic goiter is iodine deficiency. The goal of treatment is to restore optimal levels of iodine, reducing the size of the thyroid gland.
Spa treatment of the disease in the "Ust-Kachka" is the integrated application of the following procedures: hydrogen sulphide or bromine at the I-II mode, or pearl, or aromatic baths, hand massage, SEAN from the apparatus "LENAR". In addition, the patient is assigned diet, therapeutic exercise, herbal medicine and mineral water "Ust-Kachkinskaya" depending on the acidity of gastric juice.

In the regions of our country, in principle, widespread moderate iodine deficiency. Certain factors: genetic predisposition, occupational hazards form a diffuse goiter cure which is possible only in a hospital. A change of climate, relaxed lifestyle, proper diet can facilitate the healing and improve the patient's condition.

Contraindications:

Thyrotoxicosis, severe, and severe complications (thyrotoxic heart, etc.).
Diabetes mellitus in decompensation stage with ketoacidosis, with symptoms prekomatosnoe state, and when labile for (frequent hypoglycemic state).
Endocrine obesity of organic origin (tumors of the endocrine glands) and any forms of obesity in the IV degree of circulatory failure II And higher art.
Nodular goiter
General contra-indications excluding a direction of patients to the resorts.

Treatment Results

The right treatment contributes to the normalization of thyroid size and to restore it to working function.

The consequences of not treating

The lack of treatment in the sanatorium involves surgical intervention. Removes all thyroid tissue, which, of course, excludes the following recurrences. The patient will have a lifetime to use troxin is to replace the thyroid hormone that is costly and, in principle, is not convenient.

Diffuse nontoxic goiter is the enlargement of the thyroid gland that is not associated with impaired function and is not a consequence of inflammatory and neoplastic processes.