Sorry to cause such an uproar. It turns out that I have an underactive
thyroid for which iodine would not help anyway. Been to the doctor and had
many awful tests and waiting on results. Thanks for trying to help me. Guess
I won't be trashing my tank after all. My husband just got me a reverse
osmosis setup so things are looking better.

Thanks everyone,
Paulette


"Matthew A." wrote in message
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My apologies to both David and Mermaid.I didn't mean to sound so put
offish. Plus I completely overlooked the purpose of the post in the first
place.
"David Young" wrote in message
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I was not trying to be misleading. I was talking about injecting very
minute
amounts of radioactive iodine for diagnosis purposes (neuclear
radiography),
not treatment. My main point was that if he has questions he needs to
talk
further with his Doctor or possibly another Doctor.
David Young

"Matthew A." wrote in message
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Not true. Radioactive Iodine can and does alter the ammount of thyroid
produced. Upon being treated with the radioactive Iodine the thyroid
tends
to lose most of it's mass thus lowering the ammount of thyroid
produced.
Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. However, this treatment
is
for
patients who suffer from an overly active thyroid or hyperthyroidism,
not
hypothyroidism.which is an underactive thyroid. Obesity is often seen
in
people with an underactive thyroid. Both thyroid diseases seem to
affect
women more then men like 4 to 1.
"David Young" wrote in message
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My girlfriend who works in a hospital and does some thyroid tests
recommends
talking in further detail to your Doctor. The thyroid output is a
hormone.
The thyroid will absorb and process iodine which is why they inject
radioactive iodine to check a thyroid in some tests. Iodine does not
directly effect the output of hormone from the thyroid. Not enough
thyroid
and you get goiter. Too much iodine and you get iodine poisioning.
Best
Wishes.
David Young
"Mermaid" wrote in message
...
Has anyone had trouble with exposure to an excess amount of iodine
with
their tank and had thyroid problems because of it? Has it been
documented
anywhere? I regularly dose my tank with iodine for my xenias and
put
my
hand
in the tank frequently. I have recently found out that my Thyroid
is
putting
out too much. Thinking that this may be the reason.

Does any one have thoughts on this or information that could help
me.
I
just
had a ultra-sound on my thyroid. Looked it up on the internet and
tried
to
figure out where in the world I could be getting iodine from
except
from
the
occasional vitamin I take and then it hit me. "MY TANK" Duh!

If anyone can shed some light I would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Paulette