According to the CDC, after a few years of severe flu pandemic of , caused by H1N1 virus, scientists conducted a study and looked for agents that can kill this virus. They finally found that iodine is effective in fighting against viral infections. It can in fact prevent the spread of the pathogen. Now a days, iodine is used in the hospital as an antiseptic to treat wounds and to disinfect the skin before surgery. Iodine is capable of killing all types of pathogens including bacteria , virus, fungi, yeast, and protozoa.
Your doctor may recommend a special type of iodine called radioactive iodine to treat an overactive thyroid gland. Also called radioiodine, this medication is taken by mouth. The risk with radioactive iodine is that it can destroy too many thyroid cells. This can decrease the amount of hormone production, leading to hypothyroidism.
For this reason, radioactive iodine is usually only recommended after anti-thyroid drugs have failed. Radioactive iodine is not the same thing as iodine supplements. You should never take iodine supplements for hyperthyroidism. Radioiodine may also be a possible treatment option for thyroid cancer. It works in much the same way as hyperthyroid treatment. When you take radioactive iodine orally, the medication destroys thyroid cells, including cancerous ones.
It may be used as a treatment following thyroid surgery to make sure all cancerous cells have been removed from the body. According to the American Cancer Society , radioactive iodine treatments significantly improve the chances of survival for people with thyroid cancer.
You need more iodine in pregnancy. The recommended daily intake of iodine during pregnancy is mcg. By comparison, the recommended amount in non-pregnant adults is mcg a day. The recommended daily amount of iodine while nursing is mcg. The same neurological benefits of iodine during pregnancy may extend to healthy brain function during childhood.
This also includes a reduced risk of intellectual disability. It is likely your child gets all the iodine they need through their diet, but if you have any questions about their iodine intake, talk to their pediatrician.
As with brain development, iodine during pregnancy is associated with a healthy birth weight. One study of pregnant women with goiters found that mg of iodine taken daily for six to eight weeks was helpful in correcting goiters related to iodine deficiency.
In turn, there was an overall improvement in birth weight in newborns. In fact, taking iodine unnecessarily can cause health issues.
This non-cancerous condition is most common in women of reproductive age, and it can cause painful breast lumps. Only take iodine for this condition if your doctor specifically recommends it. Otherwise, you could be at risk of side effects from iodine toxicity. Iodine is just one method of water disinfection.
Two percent liquid iodine tincture may be added to water in five-drop increments per one quart of clear water. If the water is cloudy, add ten drops per quart. In the case of nuclear emergencies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the use of potassium iodide KI to protect the thyroid gland from radiation injuries. These are available in tablet and liquid formulas. While not completely foolproof, the sooner KI is taken, the better the thyroid is thought to be protected in the event of this kind of emergency.
There are serious risks associated with KI, including gastrointestinal upset, inflammation, and allergic reaction. Persistent reports in the literature tell of delayed wound healing potentially stemming from PVP-I application. Cell proliferation assays with cultured fibroblasts suggested that PVP-I reduces the migration and proliferation of fibroblasts in a dose-dependent fashion.
If there's one thing the literature agrees on with regard to PVP-I, it's that it's vital in reducing the risk of intraoperative infections, including endophthalmitis. PVP-I's ability to indiscriminately reduce bacterial and microbial flora certainly offers an invaluable and impressive line of defense, despite the quarrels over the most effective solution and dilution for it.
Currently, the safest and most effective protocol for the use of PVP-I includes the instructions dictated by the package insert. Soon, we may see PVP-I's antimicrobial activity and low cytotoxicity result in its use in contact lens solutions, preservatives and novel anti-infectives for the skin, ear and eye.
Abelson, an associate clinical professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and senior clinical scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute, consults in ophthalmic pharmaceuticals. Capriotti is an ophthalmologist and research scientist with a background in eye disease and biophysical chemistry. Shapiro is director of anti-infectives and anti-inflammatories and Ms.
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