What to expect after a thyroid biopsy

After the thyroid biopsy need to pay attention to avoid excessive head and neck movement, you can use sterile dressings to cover the puncture site for 24 hours, and appropriate pressure, three days to avoid contact with the puncture site of water to prevent infection and inflammation, do not carry out strenuous physical exercise, to prevent the wound from tearing and causing bleeding.
Patients should also pay attention to drink more water in daily life, eat more high-quality and high-protein food, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, avoid spicy and irritating as well as allergy-prone food, and avoid emotional excitement, keep a stable mind and pay attention to rest.
The main complication of thyroid biopsy is local bleeding, which can be relieved by compression to stop bleeding. After 30 minutes of observation in the hospital and again through ultrasound to confirm whether the puncture site is bleeding or not, no bleeding can be discharged from the hospital, and avoid eating too hot food in your life, to prevent stimulation of local blood vessel dilation, and don’t take antiplatelet coagulation or anticoagulant drugs for a week in order to avoid bleeding from the puncture site.