DEFINITIONS
Iodine is needed for the synthesis of thyroid hormones.
Nearly 80% of iodine in the body is found in the thyroid gland and is almost entirely contained in the thyroid hormone.
Seafood is a rich source of food will be iodine.
Number iodide (form of iodine) in drinking water typically depends on the iodide content in the soil.
Iodine deficiency
Approximately 10% of the world population at risk of iodine deficiency because they live in the heights, where drinking water contains very little iodine.
Iodine is added to some table salt is bought and sold (iodized salt).
In iodine deficiency, thyroid gland trying to catch more iodide for thyroid hormone synthesis and enlarged.
A pregnant woman who iodine deficiency can babies whose brains are not developed properly, a condition called cretinism.On examination of blood and urine, showed that iodine levels are low.
Iodine is given 10 times the recommended daily dose, for several weeks.
STRENGTHS iodine
Iodine poisoning caused by consumption of iodine in large numbers every day (as many as 400 times the recommended daily dose) or sometimes as a result of living on the edge of the sea.
Excess iodine can cause goiter (goiter) and sometimes hyperthyroidism.
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