User:Mr. Ibrahem/Iodine deficiency
Iodine deficiency | |
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Iodine deficiency-goiter (in South Sudan) | |
Medical specialty | Endocrinology |
Symptoms | Goiter, low thyroid, intellectual disability, congenital iodine deficiency syndrome[1] |
Risk factors | Living far from the ocean, in mountainous regions, diet high in certain food such as cassava, smoking[2][1] |
Diagnostic method | Urine iodine levels < 100 ug/L (< 150 ug/L if pregnancy)[1] |
Prevention | Iodized salt[2] |
Treatment | Potassium iodide, levothyroxine[1][2] |
Frequency | 30% (2 billion people)[1] |
Iodine deficiency is a lack of the dietary mineral iodine.[1] It may result in enlargement of the thyroid (goiter), low thyroid, intellectual disability, and congenital iodine deficiency syndrome.[1] During pregnancy it may result in miscarriage or prematurity.[1] Enlargement of the thyroid may take months or years to occur.[1]
Risk factors including living far from the ocean and in mountainous regions, a diet high in certain food such as cassava, and smoking.[2][1] Seafood naturally contains a fair bit of iodine, while other sources may include dairy products, eggs, and chicken.[1] Iodine is required for thyroid hormone production.[2] Diagnosis may be based on urine iodine levels of less than 100 ug/L or less than 150 ug/L in pregnancy.[1][3] In newborns TSH levels may indicate the diagnosis.[1]
Prevention at the population level includes the addition of a small amounts of iodine to table salt.[1] This is mandatory in many countries such as Canada, but voluntary in the USA.[1] Other foods, such as sugar and vegetable oil, have also been fortified in certain locations.[1] Supplementation is available in the form of potassium iodide for either prevention or treatment.[1] Levothyroxine may also be used.[2]
Some degree of iodine deficiency is estimated to affect about 30% of people (2 billion).[1] It is rare in locations that have iodized salt.[2] It results in about 187 million cases of goiter globally as of 2010[update] (2.7% of the population).[4] It resulted in 2,700 deaths in 2013 up from 2,100 deaths in 1990.[5]
References
change- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 "Iodine". Linus Pauling Institute. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Iodine Deficiency - Nutritional Disorders". Merck Manuals Professional Edition. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ↑ "Iodine deficiency". www.who.int. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ↑ Vos, T; Flaxman, A. D.; Naghavi, M; Lozano, R; Michaud, C; Ezzati, M; Shibuya, K; Salomon, J. A.; Abdalla, S; Aboyans, V; Abraham, J; Ackerman, I; Aggarwal, R; Ahn, S. Y.; Ali, M. K.; Alvarado, M; Anderson, H. R.; Anderson, L. M.; Andrews, K. G.; Atkinson, C; Baddour, L. M.; Bahalim, A. N.; Barker-Collo, S; Barrero, L. H.; Bartels, D. H.; Basáñez, M. G.; Baxter, A; Bell, M. L.; Benjamin, E. J.; et al. (Dec 15, 2012). "Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010". Lancet. 380 (9859): 2163–96. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61729-2. PMC 6350784. PMID 23245607.
- ↑ GBD 2013 Mortality and Causes of Death, Collaborators (17 December 2014). "Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013". Lancet. 385 (9963): 117–171. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61682-2. PMC 4340604. PMID 25530442.
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