Thyroglossal duct cysts are congenital cysts that form in the neck left over from incomplete degeneration of the thyroglossal duct during early embryonic thyroid development. The treatment of thyroglossal cysts generally includes medication and surgery.
1. Drug treatment: generally need to receive anti-infection treatment, can choose antibacterial drugs, empirical treatment is generally preferred cephalosporin antibiotics or penicillin, such as cefradine and cefoperazone.
2. Surgical treatment: in addition to the infected period, in order to avoid the next infection and the nature of the change, should be as early as possible to perform surgical resection, surgical excision of cysts, fistula is the main method of eradicating thyroglossal cysts, fistula. If the patient is in the acute infection stage, he needs to receive anti-infective treatment first, and then receive surgical treatment after the infection symptoms are controlled.
In addition, the application of the above drugs have certain risks, patients need to get the guidance of specialists, not to take without authorization. If a thyroglossal cyst is detected, the patient should go to the hospital and receive active treatment under the guidance of a specialist.