Can you not have children with thyroid cancer
Whether a thyroid cancer patient can have a child depends mainly on the severity of the thyroid cancer and the patient's physical condition. If the thyroid cancer is mild, the patient is in good physical condition and can have a normal pregnancy and childbirth. If thyroid cancer is severe, or if you have advanced thyroid cancer, you may use radiotherapy and chemotherapy during treatment, and it is not recommended to have a baby.
1. Mild thyroid cancer: If the thyroid cancer does not invade the surrounding tissues, there is no distant metastasis, and after total thyroidectomy, the patient is in good physical condition and does not have symptoms of excessive suppression of thyroid hormones, then the pregnancy and childbirth can be normal, but the thyroid function needs to be closely monitored during pregnancy to pay attention to whether there are symptoms such as hypothyroidism;
2. Intermediate and advanced thyroid cancer: If thyroid cancer has invaded the surrounding tissues and lymph node metastasis or distant metastasis occurs, it cannot be normal at this timepregnantHave a baby.
It is necessary to carry out systematic treatment first, remove the tumor lesion, and then use radiotherapy methods such as iodine-131 to cure thyroid cancer before pregnancy;
3. Advanced thyroid cancer: If thyroid cancer has developed to an advanced stage, bone metastasis, lung metastasis, liver metastasis, etc., it is not recommended to have children at this time. Because after late treatment, some patients may experience symptoms of thyroid hormone suppression, such as loss of appetite, weight loss, weakness, etc. At this time, the physical condition is poor, which is not conducive to the growth and development of the fetus. During treatment, the patient's condition should be closely monitored, and if the condition is stable, it is necessary to wait for the patient to become pregnant again.
In addition, the patient's psychological state is also very important, some patients may have bad emotions due to the disease, and it is necessary to try to keep the patient optimistic to face the disease. It is recommended that patients with thyroid cancer should actively cooperate with doctors for treatment and adjust their mentality, which is conducive to increasing the survival rate.