Primary Care Physician’s 2018 Thyroid Patient Care Resolutions. Resolve to consider thyroid disease as a complicated area that requires consultation with expert endocrinologists. Don’t try to treat the patient without a consultation...
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Prepared by Dr.Guttler for thyroid patients. Resolve to see an endocrinologist or clinical thyroidologist to get an opinion if you are just seeing your primary physician. Resolve to tell your first degree relatives that you have a thyroid...
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Thyroid Goiter 101: The Good, Bad and Ugly of Iodine Ingestion. Iodine deficiency causes goiter and hypothyroidism in many countries. However, many countries including the USA are not. Excess iodine ingestion in the form of thyroid support...
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Unregulated Supplement Survival Shield X2 Loaded with Iodine Leads to Thyroid Disease The patient claimed that the supplement was used to promote increased energy and weight loss Thyroid disease developed when taking an unregulated dietary...
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Movie Star Needs to Stick to Acting Gwyneth Paltrow has given plenty of health advice from ‘clean sleeping’ to leaving an egg in your vagina. Ghosts make health recommendations. Medical professionals claim his advice is not only...
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Why Take a Chance With Your Local Low Volume Surgeon to Do Your Total Thyroidectomy for Thyroid Disease and Cancer? Surgical Experience and Effect on Outcomes When it Comes to Your Thyroid Surgery When less is not more Dr.Julia Soza of...
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Toxic Nodular Goiters in the USA:Usually Imported from Iodine Deficient Countries Most toxic nodular goiters are found in iodine defecient countries. When a patient with a goiter moves to USA they are exposed to higher iodine intake. This excess...
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Causes of Thyrotoxicosis Circulating Thyroid Stimulators —Graves’Disease ( TSH receptor Antibody) Inappropriate TSH Syndromes—-TSH pituitary tumor—Pituitary resistance syndrome Pregnancy related syndromes— HCG or...
More info Excess Iodine in Kids causes Goiters High thyroid volume in children with excess dietary iodine intakes Zimmermann et al in J Clin. Nutrition The United States and central and coastal Hokkaido; had excessive iodine intake. Our data support...
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Dangers of Excess Iodine in USA:Common Drugs Containing Iodine Amiodarone— 75,000 mcgs per tablet Calcium iodide(Calcidrine syrup.) —26,000 mcgs/ml Phospholine eye solution—5,000-41,000/drop Hydriodic acid...
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Goiter:Iodine History #3 The proof of iodine as the cause of goiter was not known for another 10 years. The use of iodine for goiter still was not used as it was seen as toxic and or irrational. This attitude resulted in continued goiter...
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Iodine was discovered in the residue of burnt seaweed in 1812. ( Courtois). 1820 Coindet gave iodine (KI) as the active ingredient in seaweed to goiter patients. The goiters shrank. However, toxic effects occurred from excess iodine in some...
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