There are many types of thyroid diseases, which diseases do patients need iodine supplementation?
Zhang Li expert mentioned: This kind of disease can be collectively referred to as iodine deficiency disease, and only by supplementing iodine can the disease be completely prevented. Parts of the country, especially in the mountainous regions of the central and western regions, are iodine-deficient because they are far from the sea and have low levels of iodine in air and water sources. In the past, before the implementation of salt iodization in China, the residents there generally lacked iodine in their diets, so a disease called "endemic goiter" often occurred, commonly known as "big neck disease". Symptoms are marked enlargement of the neck and low thyroid function. If a pregnant woman suffers from this disease, it will cause the baby's nerves and body development disorders, resulting in shortness of the body, stupidity, also commonly known as "small disease", also known as "Ketin disease".
Once a thyroid disease is developed, many people mistakenly think that it is this "big neck disease", but it is not. After the national salt iodization, the iodine deficiency disease has been basically eliminated. Especially residents living in the city, do not immediately supplement their own iodine as soon as they find that the neck is enlarged, but should go to the hospital in time. Because you are most likely not suffering from this thyroid disease that requires iodine supplementation, if you supplement iodine in large quantities, it may also affect some recent test results and delay diagnosis and treatment.
Things that patients with thyroid disease need to pay attention to in iodine supplementation:
1, iodine is the component of thyroxine, hyperthyroidism to give iodine compounds, can increase the storage of thyroxine and reduce the release, but the excess will affect antithyroxine therapy. General iodine requirement: 120-165 μg for adult males and 100-115 μg for adult females. If pregnant, increase by 10-15 micrograms. If breastfeeding, increase the amount by 25 micrograms.
2, iodine in food sources: kelp, seafood as its main source, in addition to green leafy vegetables, meat, eggs, milk, grains, added iodine salt also have some content. However, in the process of Traditional Chinese medicine treatment, it is emphasized that thyroid nodules should eat less high-iodine foods in the diet.
Wuhan Zhang Li experts stressed: iodine supplementation can not be arbitrary, pay attention to the method is very important!