”A disease of the thyroid is a ‘big neck disease'”. This statement is usually the most common misconception we hear. The thyroid gland is located in the front of the neck and is shaped like a butterfly, like a shield, hence the name. Some people with thyroid disease do have an enlarged thyroid gland, which can become a “big neck”, but not all patients have an enlarged thyroid gland. It has been replaced by other discomforts and has become an alarming sign of thyroid disease, which should be brought to your attention. Is it really a cold? Auntie Li had a “cold” in March, manifested as a sore throat, fever, general body aches, friends around also have similar symptoms, Auntie Li thought it was the flu, did not bother about it, just took some cold medicine, but who would have thought, although the whole body does not hurt, but every day there is a low fever, sore throat is more obvious than before, the neck when touched, there is However, within a few days, Auntie Li began to have panic attacks, hand tremors and weight loss, and people who were familiar with her said she had lost weight. The doctor asked her to have her thyroid function checked. Thyroid function? Auntie Li didn’t think there was anything to do with the thyroid gland, and her neck was not big, but she was convinced to take blood to check the thyroid function, and the doctor really found the problem, telling her that she had “subacute thyroiditis”, or “subthyroiditis” for short, and that she was now in The doctor told her she had “subacute thyroiditis”, referred to as “subthyroiditis”, and was now in a state of “hyperthyroidism”, which left Auntie Li confused again, “subthyroiditis”? And “hyperthyroidism”? The doctor told her that this is like the goods in the warehouse, if the warehouse is broken, the goods will flow out, then it is “hyperthyroidism”, and when the goods flow out, the goods will be insufficient, it is “hypothyroidism”, and then after a period of time, when the goods are produced again Auntie Li began to ask about the treatment after she roughly understood the cause of the disease, and the endocrinologist at the city’s Chinese medicine hospital told her that she only needed to take some painkillers for “subthyroiditis”. If you have obvious pain or shaking hands, you should use some hormone treatment, and with Chinese medicine treatment, you can reduce the chance of using hormone and the dose. ”Hormones? Many people who know a little about medicine are afraid of “hormones” and the side effects they cause. …… One day, six months later, Auntie Li came to the endocrinology department again, this time, she had gained nearly 5 kilograms than before she got the disease, she told the doctor that she should continue to see here at that time, she went to other western hospitals, the treatment plan was the same as here, also using hormone therapy, there was no other choice but to take hormones, after the treatment pain, fever symptoms, although significantly improved. The pain and fever improved significantly, but the doctor tried to reduce the dosage, but every time she reduced the dosage to a certain amount, the pain came back, so she had to add back the previous dosage. At this time, Auntie Li remembered the Endocrinology Department of Nanjing Chinese Medicine Hospital and wished to come here for help and was embarrassed that she did not trust Chinese medicine too much. The doctors in the endocrinology department did not have any loopholes in her heart, but suggested her to receive Chinese medicine treatment and try to reduce the amount of hormones at the same time, hoping that this method could achieve the goal of reducing the use of hormones by Auntie Li. To Auntie Li’s surprise, after the treatment with Chinese medicine, the amount of hormones she took gradually decreased, and now she is no longer taking hormones, but Chinese medicine treatment.