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Dry mouth and dry blood on tongue and bloody phlegm . can it be caused from thyroid nodule ? have been diagnosed with a 1cm nodule calcified within .
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No: It is something that is being caused from inside youre throat. Thyroid nodules are too far away from your mouth and are not connected with the inside of your throat. Go get it checked by your ENT or family doctor.
Answered 6/10/2014
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Usually not: 1cm nodule (calcified) wouldn't cause oral bleeding.
Answered 10/4/2016
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No: Blood in phlegm need to rule out pulmonary tuberculosis or any other serious underlyning disease, definetely would not blame on thyroid nodule.
Answered 10/24/2017
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Not related: Thyroid calcifications will not bleed into the oral cavity. Dry mouth (and likely dry throat and nasal passages) will often result in blood from the gums or the delicate tissues of the nose. A bloody nose can reveal itself inwardly ("post-nasal drip") or externally when the nose is blown. Have your.
Answered 3/30/2013
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I have a thyroid nodule that has increased in size from mm's to 1.6cm and hypoechoic associated with calcification. Increased blood flow also?
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My blood results are normal-thyroid=cpk 20.00-tsh .72-t3 39.10-t4 8.09-ra factor<10.00 what is this? I have two nodules in thyroid one 2.2 and other 0.48 with associated calcification. What does this mean?
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