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I have a swollen neck at adams apple since menopause and ...

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I have a swollen neck at adams apple since menopause and have toothache like pain sometimes. Is this due to the menopause?

 

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June 25 10:18 AM (5 minutes and 23 seconds later)
         

Jan,

Is the tissue around the adam's apple swollen? Or does the adam's apple itself feel swollen?

Is the swelling more below the adam's apple, at the region of the thyroid?

Where do you have the pain? Over the adam's apple?

Do you have any pain or difficulty in swallowing solid or liquid food?

Have you lost weight since your menopause?



Edited by Dr.M.D.Mazumdar, MD on June 25 2008 at 10:18 AM

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June 25 10:24 AM (6 minutes and 44 seconds later)
         
Hi there,

Tissue below adam's apple swollen at region of thyroid. Pain at one side, no difficulty swallowing.

I have been told by doctor that this sometimes happens when people go through meopause, but find this hard to believe. Thyroid function OK as I had it checked.
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June 25 10:31 AM (6 minutes and 14 seconds later)
         
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Jan,

If the swelling and pain is at the region of the thyroid, then you need to get an ultrasound of the thyroid as well as a CT scan of the neck. It is possible that you have a cold thyroid cyst - cold meaning that it is not affecting the function of the thyroid gland and the secretion of thyroid hormones.

Menopause does not cause swelling or pain of the thyroid. Occasionally if you lose a lot of weight, the adam's apple can look more prominent, but this is not true of the thyroid gland.

You do need to get your thyroid gland checked out.

I hope this helps.

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