A Statistical Observation of Thyroid Diseases

Abstract

Statistical investigations were carried out on 188 patients (25 males and 163 females)with thyroid diseases encountered between 1981 and 1985. Most were 50's years of age. Their chief complaints were abnormal sensation of the throat (35.7%), swelling of anterior neck (24.9%) and voice disorders (15.1%). Most patients with chronic thyroiditis complained of abnormal sensation in the throat; most with subacute tyroiditis complained of sore throat, pain on swallowing and cervical pain. Most patients with thyroid tumor complained of swelling and tumor in the anterior neck, and in patients with malignant tumor voice disorders were the most frequent complaint.