I-131, also known as radioiodine or sodium iodine i-131, is a radioactive iodine used to treat forms of thyroid cancer. This iodine is ingested and then absorbed into the bloodstream via the GI tract. The thyroid gland will pick it up and be killed off by the iodine. The destruction of the gland’s tissue will [...]
Radioactive Iodine, also known as I-131, is a form of radiation therapy used to treat thyroid cancer. This type of radiotherapy is called internal radiotherapy. According to the American Cancer Society, “this treatment can be used to destroy (ablate) any thyroid tissue not removed by surgery or to treat thyroid cancer that has spread to [...]
Several years after the 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the incidence of thyroid cancer rose among local children. Local authorities have recognized only thyroid cancer as being caused by the nuclear accident. The butterfly-shaped thyroid gland is located just below the Adam’s apple and is attached to the trachea. The thyroid gland produces thyroid [...]
Suppose you go in for a routine checkup and your doctor decides to test your thyroid function. You’ve experienced no thyroid disease symptoms, yet the TSH level in your blood is above the normal range. But your T4 level is normal. The results mean that you have mild, or “subclinical,” hypothyroidism, a condition that does [...]
Thyroid hormone affects every cell in the body. Many things affect the thyroid and its hormones. Achieving thyroid balance involves consideration of ovarian and adrenal hormones, stress levels, possible antibody attacks, and inheritance of enzymes with reduced levels of efficiency. The thyroid hormones themselves affect body temperature, energy, thinking, metabolic rate, weight, bowel function, menstrual [...]
