1, thyroid nodule after surgery why speak normally but feel more strenuous? This is mainly because in order to avoid damaging the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid nodule surgery, it is often dissected, which may cause edema of the recurrent laryngeal nerve or affect its blood supply, resulting in the phenomenon of more difficulty in speaking. However, this phenomenon will gradually disappear in about 3 months after the operation as the edema subsides and the blood supply recovers. 2.Why will my hands and feet become numb for a period of time after thyroid nodule surgery? This is mainly due to the fact that some blood vessels have to be cut off during the surgery for thyroid nodule, resulting in the blood supply to the parathyroid glands being affected or the blood return to the parathyroid glands being blocked and bruised. Numbness of hands and feet can often be relieved by appropriate calcium supplements such as Calcium D tablets, and this phenomenon will gradually disappear about 2 months after the operation with the recovery of blood supply or the subsiding of bruises. 3.Why is the incision swollen and hard after thyroid nodule surgery? This is actually due to the normal edema reaction of the incision after surgery. Because the thyroid nodule surgery to a wide range of separation of the skin flap above and below the incision, which is very easy to cause the edema of the tissue around the incision. Especially those middle-aged and elderly women, because the skin is more loose and more fat tissue, so the incision is very easy to edema. Patients do not need to be alarmed, generally 2 months after the operation, with the absorption of edema incision will gradually return to flat. General thyroid surgery incision within 1 month like a line is relatively thin, 1 month after surgery, the incision will gradually thicken, 3 months after surgery, the incision will have a protrusion, to 6 months after surgery to reach the peak, and then the incision will gradually flatten, the color of the fading, to 1 year after surgery, the majority of the incision will become lighter and inconspicuous. The healing of thyroid surgery incision is related to the good or bad alignment of the incision suture and individual’s physique, and has no relationship with whether or not to place a drain. 4.Why is there a tugging sensation when swallowing after thyroid surgery and even coughing sometimes? This is related to the normal scar contraction response after thyroid nodule surgery. This is because, although there is only a line-like scar on the neck after thyroid nodule surgery, the actual surgical wound is much larger than this scar. This scar, like the neck incision, needs to go through a normal scar reaction to recover, and during the scar reaction, the scar will contract and pull the trachea near the scar, resulting in a pulling sensation when swallowing and even irritating the trachea to cause coughing. 5.What are the side effects of taking thyroxine preparation after surgery? Will it affect my body if I take it for a long time? The main side effects of taking thyroxine preparations are headache, panic attacks and high blood pressure. There are two types of thyroxine preparations, one is synthesized from animal raw materials, such as thyroxine tablets. This type of drug is not very pure due to more impurities, so it is not easy to control the dose when taking. The other is synthesized from artificial raw materials, such as eugenol. This kind of drug is more pure because of the preparation, so it is easy to grasp the dose when taking. However, no matter what kind of drug you are taking, you need to check your thyroid function regularly to avoid overdose and drug-induced hyperthyroidism. As long as the dose is appropriate, long-term use of thyroxine preparations will not cause adverse effects on the body. 6.What are the precautions for taking thyroxine preparations? It is best to take thyroxine preparation on an empty stomach in the early morning after waking up, and eat breakfast about half an hour after taking the medicine, so as to minimize the side effects of the medicine and achieve the best therapeutic effect. At the same time, when taking thyroxine preparations should be avoided with the treatment of gastric drugs, so as not to affect the effectiveness of the drug. 7.What are the dietary requirements after thyroid nodule surgery? After thyroid nodule surgery, in order to reduce recurrence, you should eat less seafood and try to avoid eating iodine-rich foods, such as seaweed, shrimp and seaweed.