Thyroid Disorder Treatment Abroad - Medical Tourism for Hypothyroidism

Thyroid is a organ of human body located near the neck, immediately below the Adam’s apple. The thyroid hormone aids in the growth of the human body and responsible for proper metabolism functions. Thyroid hormone should be remain at a certain level in the bloodstream of the body. If their is increase or decrease in the this level, then this is termed at thyroid disorder.

What is Thyroid disorder?
Thyroid disorder means that the gland are not secreting the thyroid gland in proper amounts. It is either too low or to high.

Kind of Thyroid disorders: There are various kind of thyroid disorder diseases like:

1. Hypothyroidism - When amount of thyroid hormones is less that the normal amount, it is termed as hypothyroidism
2. Hyperthyroidism - When amount of thyroid hormones is less that the normal ammount, it is termed as hyperthyroidism
3. Thyroiditis - Inflammation in the thyroid gland
4.  Thyroid cancer
5. Goiter - Enlarged gland

Symptoms of Thyroid disorder: Though the symptoms og thyroid disoroder may vary from individual and could be hard to diagnose at the early stages. The common symptoms of thyroid disorders in human body includes: 

• Quick weight loss or gain in weight when eating properly
• Menstrual irregularities in females
• Hair loss
• Increased sensibility to cold
• Swollen neck
• etc...

Normally thyroid can't be detected easily as people mistaken the symptoms with other diseases. So the best way to know is to get yourself diagnosed by three test i.e. T3, T4  and TSH to know about abnormalities in thyroid. 

Thyroid disorder treatment: If thyroid disorder levels are not that excessive then it can be treated by oral medications that are taken early in the morning empty stomach. However if there is excessive malfunctioning then thyroid can be treated by surgery. It could also lead to tumors etc then patients might need to have surgery or undergo internal therapy using radioactive iodine after surgery.  

Thyroid surgery abroad: If any person needs thyroid surgery and if the surgery costs are higher in the country they live. Then  treatment abroad to medical tourism hubs like India, Mexico, Korea,Japan etc can be a cost effective option to choose from. All these countries have an excellent medical care facilities, experienced doctors and the treatment cost is fractions of what it could costs in countries like US, UK, Canada, Australia etc.  Also read this post on "Thyroidectomy Surgery Abroad".

Here is list of some hospitals you can research or ask for quotes: 

1. Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Turkey
2. HM Hospitales, Spain
3. Nova Medical Center Koramangala, India
4. Liv Hospital, Turkey
5. Chaophya Hospital, Thailand