Question

What are the source of iodine what are the prevention and control method of goitre

Answer 1

Lifestyle and home remedies

Get enough iodine. To ensure that you get enough iodine, use iodized salt or eat seafood or seaweed — sushi is a good source of seaweed — about twice a week. ...

Avoid excess iodine consumption. Although it's uncommon, getting too much iodine sometimes leads to a goiter.

A goitre, or goiter, is a swelling in the neck resulting from an enlarged thyroid gland. A goitre can be associated with a thyroid that is not functioning properly. Worldwide, over 90% of goitre cases are caused by iodine deficiency. ... If the thyroid gland is producing an excess of thyroid hormones (T3 and T4), ...A goiter can sometimes occur when your thyroid gland produces too much thyroid hormone (hyperthyroidism). In someone who has Graves' disease, antibodies produced by the immune system mistakenly attack the thyroid gland, causing it to produce excess thyroxine. This overstimulation causes the thyroid to swell.Nov 27, 2019Prevention of Goitre

For most patients, preventing simple goiter is as easy as a small change in diet. Iodine is necessary for producing thyroid hormones. ... Using iodized table salt can prevent simple goiter.When blood levels of TSH rise, the thyroid gland uses iodine to make thyroid hormones. However, when your body is low in iodine, it can't make enough of them ( 9 ). To compensate, the thyroid gland works harder to try to make more. This causes the cells to grow and multiply, eventually leading to a goiter

Answer 2

Sea products, and cod liver oil are the main source of iodine. Less iodine occurs in milk, leafy vegetables, cereals, meat etc. The iodinated salt contains ample iodine.

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It can be avoided by including iodine, such as potassium iodate and potassium iodide, in the diet in the form of iodine salts. It may be applied to everyday use in drinking water or in common salt. Intra-muscular injection of iodized oil or sodium iodide tablets developed by medical research council of India is very successful.