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There are
three main
treatment options:
radioiodine therapy, medications, and
thyroid surgery.
Radioiodine therapy involves taking iodine-131 by mouth...
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phenomenon Radioisotopes of
iodine are
called radioactive iodine or
radioiodine.
Dozens exist, but
about a half
dozen are the most
notable in applied...
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confirmed with
blood tests and
radioiodine uptake. Typically,
blood tests show a
raised T3 and T4, low TSH,
increased radioiodine uptake in all
areas of the...
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active thyroid tissue that is not malignant). The
therapeutic use of
radioiodine to
treat hyperthyroidism from Graves'
disease was
first reported by Saul...
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image of the
shape (a
radioiodine scan) and
tissue activity (a
radioiodine uptake) of the
thyroid gland. A
normal radioiodine scan
shows even uptake...
- exposure,
inhaled or
ingested 131 I
tends to be excreted,
which prevents radioiodine uptake by the thyroid.
According to one 2000
study "KI
administered up...
- of thyroidectomy,
usually for
thyroid nodules or cancer) or
following radioiodine ablation (usually for Graves' disease).
Thyroid hormone is
required for...
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iodide (KI)
before exposure to
radioiodine. The non-radioactive
iodide "saturates" the thyroid,
causing less of the
radioiodine to be
stored in the body. Administering...
- progressive, and did not
respond to
treatment with
radioactive iodine (
radioiodine). In May 2016, the US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
approved it...
- may be a
trigger for
pretibial myxedema which would be
consistent with
radioiodine ablation causing or
aggravating ophthalmopathy, a
condition which commonly...
