i want to invite an expert doctor vladimir eduardovich ivanushka doctor endocrinologist doctor medicalns federal state budgetary institution research institute of endocrinology of the ministry of health of russia what are nodes in the thyroid gland? the question is that the nodes of the thyroid gland are quite common and, in practice, reach about half of the population, and this raises the deepest philosophical question. and can it be considered a pathology that, if every second person in the vast majority of nodes is represented by some kind of proliferation of cells, counting the glands, what is called a colloid the pathological significance of these nodes is very very doubtful? and indeed they are quite common, but at the same time there walking down the street, especially. now, when everyone has already, let's say, uh, exposed their parts of the body and, most importantly, their neck. we do not see any such nightmarish formations, therefore, it is quite rare for a benign colloidal node to grow to some size, which already causes some symptoms and discomfort, vladimir erdovich. let's