High iodine

[Tanyaking]

My daughter has fibromyalgia and we are seeing a naturopath for tests and support,my daughters neck keeps swelling up so she did a urine test too check iodine and it’s come back high,can anyone shed any light on this please? My daughter doesn’t eat fish or take any multivitamin..Thank you for any help.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Which sort of iodine test was that?

And do you have the actual result - with reference range?

A significant source of iodine in the UK is dairy food.

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Tanyaking

Was it the non-loading iodine urine test offered by Genova Diagnostics?

Or was it the loading test where you take iodine before the doing the test?

[Tanyaking in reply to SeasideSusie]

Yes it was the urine non loading test by Genova seasidesusie

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Tanyaking]

What was the result?

[Tanyaking in reply to SeasideSusie]

Yes,I posted the chart and results in another thread,can you have a look for me please? I can’t add a photo now,should of done it with the first message but I didn’t have the actual photo then.🙄

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Tanyaking]

Here is the thread healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Her result is 225 (100-199) so a little over range.

Does she drink quite a bit of milk? Non-organic cows milk and yogurt contain a fair bit of iodine. What about white fish - haddock and cod - both have good amounts of iodine.

Take a look at the list of iodine rich foods here and see if she's getting a lot of iodine from food source

bda.uk.com/foodfacts/Iodine...

Did she have all the tests recommended in this thread healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Could any medication/hormones she is taking be affecting her iodine level? That's something you could Google - "Does XXXX affect iodine levels in the body"

[Tanyaking in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thank you 🙏..she only had almond milk ,but because she’s bed/ house bound she eats loads of yoghurt from the tubs for ease for meals so maybe that’s it..she also has trigger point steroid injections and I’m not sure if that can raise iodine..yes I’m working through the tests with her as suggested..is a finger prick test sufficient or is it better too send a tube full? Does medicheck accept tubes or just finger prick samples? Thank you as always for you’re help and hope..

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Tanyaking]

Medichecks offer venous blood draw kits, and I think they might be able to offer a home phlebotomy option. Certainly Blue Horizon offer the home phlebotomy service. But if she can manage a fingerprick test then they are reliable. Each microtainers requires 0.8ml of blood.