Thyroid problems after radioactive iodine
[DOC File]2-27-08 Thyroid Physiology
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The treatment dose of radioactive iodine you swallow will be absorbed in your stomach and will be taken up by thyroid tissue. The goal is to destroy thyroid tissue over the course of the next few months. Some of the radioactive iodine will be excreted from your body in your urine, saliva, and perspiration during the week after treatment.
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Radioactive iodine-131 is a common and effective treatment for hyperthyroidism. Because your thyroid gland collects iodine to make thyroid hormone, it will collect the radioactive iodine in the same way. The radioactive iodine will gradually destroy the cells that make up the thyroid gland but will not affect other tissues in the body.
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There are a variety of factors that can contribute to the development of thyroid problems: Exposure to radiation, such as occurred after the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Radioactive iodine treatment (RAI) for Graves' disease and hyperthyroidism typically leave patients hypothyroid
[DOCX File]Hyperthyroidism - Wellness Practices of America
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- thyroid stimulating Ig is a good test for Graves’ Radioiodine Uptake - assess . percentage. of radioactive iodine taken up by patient after injection. Thyroid cancer - uptake can be used to calculate I-131 dose to treat hyperthyroidism/cancer. Thyroid Scan - assess a picture of thyroid from radioactive iodine injected into patient
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Recovery of thyroid fxn within a few months to 1 year. Subacute lymphocytic (silent thyroiditis): transient, 2-5 month hyperthyroid state that may be followed by a hypothyroid state. Low radioactive iodine uptake (compared to high uptake in Graves’). Chronic lymphocytic (Hashimoto’s): MCC of AI thyroid …
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Medicine Department, which is located at _____to receive a test dose pill of radioactive iodine. No radiation safety precautions are required. On Thursday _____at _____, you have an appointment for a radio iodine scan in the Nuclear Medicine Department, which is located at _____. - Before or after
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It is uncommon after radioactive iodine therapy. When surgery is done, recurrence is possible if abnormal thyroid cells are left in the cat. The remaining cells will likely grow causing the disease to recur. However, this occurs less than 5% of the time and usually two to four years after surgery.
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