MANY patients receive iodine-containing medication that can alter the results of concomitantly performed determinations of radioiodine uptake or serum protein-bound iodine. When the iodine is an ...

If you’ve been diagnosed with Graves’ disease, you may be treated with antithyroid medication, radioactive iodine therapy, or surgery. And, while there’s no particular diet or exercise plan ...

If antithyroid drugs don’t improve the state of the thyroid gland, hyperthyroidism could be treated with radioactive iodine ... Graves’ disease, the most common cause of hyperthyroidism ...

Debates regarding thyroid stunning -- a phenomenon whereby a diagnostic dose of radioiodine decreases uptake ... the presence of disease at follow-up after initial radioactive iodine therapy ...

Graves' Disease is an autoimmune disorder that ... Anti-thyroid medications: To reduce hormone production. - Radioactive iodine therapy: To shrink the thyroid gland. - Surgery: In severe cases ...

But drastic weight loss coupled with excessive sweating and hair loss can also be due to Graves’ disease ... 2nd line of treatment: Radioactive iodine therapy If the patient is not responding ...

People with hyperthyroidism may be treated with radioactive iodine, which destroys the thyroid, or a course of drugs to suppress thyroid function temporarily. Pregnant people who have ...

Dietary Treatment Certain foods can influence thyroid function. Cruciferous vegetables (e.g., broccoli, kale, cabbage) and soy contain goitrogens, compounds that interfere with iodine uptake and ...

Radioactive iodine uptake studies may not accurately reflect thyroid function for at least 16 days. May affect coagulation parameters (increased thrombin time, PTT, thrombin coagulase time).