Intravenous Sodium Iodide in Goitre

Intravenous Injections of Sodium Iodide in the Treatment of Goitre

The junior writer first broached the subject of intravenous injections of sodium iodide for the treatment of goitre with a view to testing:? (1) Whether sodium iodide orally was beneficial in cases of goitre. (2) Whether iodine is essential for the good functioning of the thyroid gland. (3) Whether the oral administration of sodium iodide could prevent the disease. He suggested that it might be...

Iodine metabolism in children and women with endemic goitre in Ceylon.

I . Iodine metabolism was studied using labelled sodium iodide in subjects with endemic goitre which is prevalent in the south-west part of Ceylon, where the iodine content of the drinking water was shown to be low. The study was confined mostly to children of school age. 2. The patients showed raised thyroidal uptake of lS1I and 48 h serum protein-bound radioactive iodine, lowered plasma inorg...

The Treatment of Simple Goitre with Sodium Iodide Intravenously

ous to make a trial of this treatment, as in most of the outlying dispensaries in Upper Assam a large number of goitre cases are met with and the medical officers have to satisfy the patients with a little red ointment (Ung. hydrarg iodi rubra) which has very little effect in curing the disease. The red ointment reduces the size of the goitre in certain recent cases only. While I was in charge ...

Role of iodine content of drinking water in the aetiology of goitre in Sri Lanka

609 samples of drinking water collected from scattered sources from the eight districts of Kandy, Matale, Kalutara, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Colombo,. Puttalam and Gampaha were analysed for iodide content using the Orion electrode method. The median iodide content of all districts except Gampaha were above 10 u g / 1 , with Anuradhapura showing the highest content. Districts with low prevalen...

Two Cases of Peripheral Neuritis Treated by Intravenous Injections of Sodium Iodide