Use of iodinated bread for preventing endemic goiter in regions with moderate and slight iodine deficit

Endemic goiter with iodine sufficiency: a possible role for the consumption of pearl millet in the etiology of endemic goiter.

BACKGROUND Deficiencies of iodine, iron, and vitamin A are the 3 most common micronutrient deficiencies in developing countries, although control programs, when properly implemented, can be effective. OBJECTIVE We investigated these deficiencies and their possible interaction in preschool children in the southern Blue Nile area of Sudan. DESIGN Goiter, signs of vitamin A deficiency, and bio...

Iodine deficiency and endemic goiter: a national tragedy.

INDIAN PEDIATRICS 454 VOLUME 45__JUNE 17, 2008 Iodine deficiency causes severe hormone-induced physiological damage to fetus and newborn resulting in cretinism, stunting, deaf-mutism, malformed limbs, spastic motor disorders, poor vision and goiter (swelling of the thyroid gland on the neck), as well as milder forms of mental and physical impairment. There was developmental lag in children of g...

EFFECT OF IODINE DEFICIENCY ON I.Q.LEVELS OF APPARENTLY NORMAL INHABITANTS OF AN ENDEMIC GOITER AREA

History of endemic goiter in Croatia: from severe iodine deficiency to iodine sufficiency.

At the time after the Second World War, endemic goiter was present in most parts of Croatia with a prevalence of more than 50% and presence of cretinism. In the village of Rude near Zagreb, goiter was detected in 85% of school children with 2.3% of cretins in the village population. In 1953 the first regulation on obligatory salt iodination, requiring 10 mg of potassium iodide (KI) per kg of sa...

ENDEMIC GOITER IN BOYER-AHMAD

In order to investigate goiter prevalence in Boyer-Ahmad, an Iranian tribal province, 87 families were randomly selected in Yasuj township and Doruhan county. Clinical examination of the subjects disclosed 95% of females and 87% of males over 6 years of age to be goitrous. Grade 2 goiter had the highest prevalence among females. In males grade 1 b was the most prevalent. Hormonal studies o...