Decolourised iodine

[ValJene]

Can decolourised iodine help cure chilblains on my fingers?

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Highly unlikely and if you have Hashimoto's avoid iodine

[ValJene]

Thank you for your reply. It’s just that my podiatrist said it would be good so I thought I would try it.

[Heloise in reply to ValJene]

Hi Valjene, Back in the day, people would soak in epsom salts which is magnesium. Now there are magnesium sprays people use for increasing magnesium levels. I wonder if it could help, I'm sure it wouldn't harm. Also, B6 might be good if you think it's a circulation problem.

[ValJene in reply to Heloise]

Thank you so much for taking the trouble to reply.

[Heloise in reply to ValJene]

You may have something called Raynaud's syndrome which is also an autoimmune disease and would go along with Hashimoto's if you have that. B12 would also be advisable.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to ValJene]

ValJene,

There is not one single paper indexed on PubMed which refers to both chilblain and iodine.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?te...

Of course, not proof that the iodine isn't effective, but certainly doesn't offer any support.

Since when did podiatrists deal with fingers?

[ValJene in reply to helvella]

Thank you so much for your reply. It made me smile - but my podiatrist is quite knowledgeable!!

[ValJene]

Many thanks

[greygoose]

Depends what is causing these chilblains. Iodine is an antiseptic, so it would help if they were infected, but I can't see it helping otherwise. My son had chilblains on his toes when he was little. Nothing the doctor gave him helped. I gave his horse chestnut and red vine tablets, which are known to help with poor circulation, and his chilblains went away.

[ValJene in reply to greygoose]

Thank you for your kind reply.

[greygoose in reply to ValJene]

You're more than welcome.