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

Thyroidectomy Surgery Abroad at reduced costs

Thyroidectomy surgery is used for removal of the thyroid gland. The Thyroidectomy procedure may involve fractional or complete removal of the thyroid gland. Thyroidectomy can be done Abroad at reduced costs; various destinations offering Thyroidectomy and other procedure to cure thyroid are India, Mexico, Jordon, Costa Rica and Turkey etc. There may be many other medical tourism destinations for this procedure as well (Just google for that). Thyroidectomy surgery takes somewhere around 2 hours to performed and performed under general anesthesia or sometimes local anesthesia (with sedatives).

Different types of thyroid surgery available are:

• Total thyroidectomy: This involves the complete removal of the thyroid gland and is recommended in cases of thyroid cancers or in the management of larger goiters.
• Partial thyroidectomy: This is also called Subtotal thyroidectomy and includes partial removal of the gland. Mostly recommended for tumors that are smaller in sizes.
• Thyroid lobectomy: This proicess is not used much and it includes removal of one-fourth of the gland
  

Some complication that may after the thyroidectomy operation (the percentage of these varies from 1 to 10% and timeline may vary from one year to longer; a physician may give you better idea):

1. Hypothyroidism

2. Recurrent hyperthyroidism

3. Transient hypocalcemia

4. Laryngeal nerve palsy

5. Early post-operative bleeding

6. Feel of pain

7. Hoarse voice