Hashimoto's, iodine and cardiac symptoms.....

[fred1e]

I know some people with Hashimoto's benefit from a little iodine supplementation, but others don't.

I wondered if any of those who don't would be willing to share any cardiac symptoms they may have had from either a small (150mcg) daily dose of iodine, or a large single dose of iodine as given for a CT scan. And were you on any thyroxine tablets at the time?

Please PM me if you prefer.

many thanks.

[JaneChapple]

Hi Fred1e

It seems no one responded to you. Just to let you know the iodine you get given with a CT scan is radioactive iodine. The iodine people use to treat themselves is natural iodine either in the form of kelp, lugol's iodine or iodoral tablets. I have been taking iodinecon and off and just started again recently but you do have to be careful with it. Its best to use a naturalpath or iodine literate doctor if you can but we dontvhave many of those in Uk. A couple of boosk worth a read are Lyn Farrow - The Iodine Crisis and Dr Brownstein, Iodine Why You Need It And Why You Cant Live Without It. You should also start by taking selenium but ideally be tested to see if you are low in selenium and iodine. Dr Dach also has some useful info on it. Hope this helps JaneCx😎

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to JaneChapple]

Just to let you know the iodine you get given with a CT scan is radioactive iodine.

This is quite simply, not the case. Radioactive iodine is used for two purposes - destruction of tissue - usually by radioactive iodine ablation - and some forms of tracing and imaging. However, a CT (Computed Tomography) relies on externally generated X-rays. Any iodine contrast agent (which is sometimes used to make some things visible which otherwise would not be) is non-radioactive.

[fred1e in reply to helvella]

You got there before me!....in fact my system doesn't like any additional iodine I have discovered...nor too much selenium!

[JaneChapple in reply to helvella]

Sorry for misunderstanding!

JaneCxx