How much do you know about the prevention methods of hyperthyroidism in summer?

Everyone knows that hyperthyroidism is a thyroid function disease. Due to the hot weather in summer, people's metabolism is often accelerated, which will cause excessive loss of water and nutrients in our body, making the symptoms of hyperthyroidism more prominent. So how should we prevent hyperthyroidism in such hot weather in summer?

1. Pay attention to heatstroke prevention

Under high temperatures, the human body's metabolism speeds up, and hyperthyroidism is a high metabolic disease. High temperature environment is also one of the causes of hyperthyroidism. Therefore, pay attention to heatstroke prevention, sun protection, and ventilation. Try not to go out in the scorching sun, and avoid hot and stuffy places. By safely getting through the hot summer and high temperature, you can prevent the occurrence, recurrence, and aggravation of hyperthyroidism.

2. Reduce stress and ensure adequate sleep.

In summer, the days are long and the nights are short, which makes it easy to get insufficient sleep. Ensuring adequate sleep, adjusting the rhythm of life, and relieving work pressure will help prevent the recurrence or aggravation of hyperthyroidism in summer.

3. Healthy diet

Hyperthyroidism patients should maintain a balanced diet. Those with excessive fire can eat more cool foods such as watermelon, kidney beans, celery, day lily, etc. Those with internal heat due to deficiency of yin can eat mulberry, turtle, fungus, lily, wolfberry, duck, etc. They should also eat more fresh fruits such as apples, peaches, dates, lemons, coconuts, mangoes, etc., and avoid smoking, alcohol, coffee, tea, stimulating drinks, etc. The substances contained in stinky tofu will aggravate the condition, so hyperthyroidism patients should eat it with caution; do not take in too much high-protein food; pay attention to replenishing water.

4. Do not deliberately adopt a low-iodine or high-iodine diet.

Among patients with hyperthyroidism, more than 90% have a "diffuse thyroiditis with hyperthyroidism". The core problem is not iodine excess, but the existence of immune dysfunction. Iodine nutrition that meets daily physiological needs is not a triggering factor for hyperthyroidism. Patients with controlled hyperthyroidism do not need to deliberately avoid iodized salt and seafood for a long time to create an iodine-deficient environment for themselves. Long-term low-iodine diet makes the thyroid gland iodine-starved, and the thyroid gland's iodine uptake function is upregulated. Once hyperthyroidism is cured and returns to a normal diet, the iodine-starved thyroid gland can easily induce hyperthyroidism again due to its strong uptake function.

5. Adhere to regular treatment

It mainly involves long-term medication and regular check-ups. Generally speaking, patients with hyperthyroidism should go to the hospital for a check-up of thyroid function, thyroid size, heart rate, and other changes every 1 to 3 months.