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What is the result of hypothyroidism?
Hypothyroidism is a lack of iodine or a specific kind of salt.
Deficiency of which mineral causes dwarfism and hypothyroidism?
Dwarfism is zinc deficiency. hypothyroidism is iodine deficiency.
What disease is caused by inadecuate intake of iodine?
hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism is caused by an absence of what substance in the diet?
Normally iodine.
What is the disease of the endocrine system which is the result of lack of iodine?
Iodine deficiency is the most common cause of hypothyroidism worldwide.
What is the connection between diet and hypothyroidism?
Because the thyroid makes T4 from iodine drawn from food, an iodine-deficient diet can cause hypothyroidism. Adding iodine to table salt and other common foods has eliminated iodine deficiency in the United States.
How long does it take thyroid to return to normal when supplementing iodine?
Please see your doctor for advice regarding iodine supplements for hypothyroidism.
In 1957 children in schools in the Milwaukee WI area were give a iodine supplement What was that for?
Iodine supplements were given to prevent goiter (hypothyroidism),
Does spirulina affect hypothyroidism?
Spirulina can contain large amounts of iodine. Iodine is fuel for the thyroid. Eating too much iodine is similar to pouring gasoline on a fire.
How do you get hypothyroidism from not eating salt?
Due to the high incidence of goiters (hypothyroidism) in some midwestern states of the U.S., salt was iodized to prevent hypothyroidism from occuring. Iodine is important in the synthesis of thyroid hormones by the thyroid gland. With iodine deficiencies, too many Americans, in the central U.S. especially, were developing hypothyroidism. This has been corrected, from a public health policy standpoint, by requiring that salt is iodized. (However, there are alternatives available, nowadays in markets, for those who wish no iodine in their salt.)
What do you take for hypothyroidism if you can't take iodine a allergy to a life requirement may be fatal but I am not dead yet Can anyone help me?
Iodine helps thyroid function nutritionally, it is not a cure for clinical hypothyroidism which require replacement thyroid hormones. You should see your doctor if you are hypothyroid, it can worsen and cause other conditions including goiter, high cholesterol, fatigue and fibromyalgia symptoms.
How do you get hypothyroidism disorder?
Here are some causes for hypothyroidism■ Autoimmune disease.■ Surgery on the thyroid gland■ Radiation treatment■ Congenital hypothyroidism■ Thyroiditis■ Medicines■ Too much or too little iodine■ Damage to the pituitary gland■ Rare disorders
