Quiz 31: Thyroid continued: Selenium, Iodine, and a pearl re T3 low dose to stop hair loss

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Selenium and thyroid (choose correct answer):
- Selenocysteine is a key metallo-enzyme component of the thyroid deiodinases
- Selenium deficiency is common in coastal areas, high in the midwest plains
- Correction of selenium deficiency has been shown to increase T3 concentrations and T4:T3 ratios
- Give selenium 200–400 mcg QD as a supplement
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Selenium deficiency (choose incorrect answer):
- Deficiency has been shown to increase breast cancer/prostate/colon cancer rates
- Supplemental selenium has been demonstrated to significantly lower incidence of a variety of cancers
- Higher doses of selenium may be started initially up to 800 mcg/day for 1–2 months
- Eventually level out treatment to 200–400 mcg daily as excessive selenium can prove to be adverse
- Supplementation with sodium selenite or selenomethionine 200-400 mcg/day is adequate for correcting the deficiency
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Selenium deficiency (choose correct answer):
- One of the most interesting findings with selenium replacement is the virtual disappearance of common arrhythmias – PACs and PVCs, bigeminy and similar types
- It is not helpful in sustained atrial fibrillation (AF) but may be helpful with paroxysmal AF
- Normalizing T3 may also reduce sympathetic fluctuation and reduce various arrhythmias
- Too much T3 may aggravate arrhythmias or tachycardias
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Selenium deficiency as a central factor in hypothalamic decline with aging or disease (choose correct answer):
- The majority of Americans live in areas of low soil selenium content
- These areas are associated with increased risk of most degenerative diseases – CA, CAD, diabetes, hypertension
- Midwestern states where mineral rich soil erosion collected between the two mountain chains have higher mineral/selenium content and lower risk profiles and death rates
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Fate of selenium and iodine in the body (choose correct answer):
- Injected radio-labelled selenium bio-accumulates in the thyroid gland and the heart muscle
- Iodine bio-accumulates in the thyroid gland and in the breast tissue, particularly any breast cysts
- Japan has lower rates of breast cancer as well as a high iodine content of diet, especially from kelp
- All of the above are correct
- One of the above is incorrect
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Selenium deficiency (choose correct answer):
- Associated with increased rates of common cancers – breast, colon, prostate
- Seleno-enzymes for thyroid and glutathione metabolism are keys to activating hypothalamic and anti-oxidant functions
- Associated with cardiac arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy, cardiotoxicity of chemotherapy
- Treating of common arrhythmias with selenium can sometimes be totally effective in normalization of rhythm
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- One of the above is incorrect
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Iodine therapy (choose correct answer):
- Iodine deficiency has long been associated with thyroid deficiency
- More recently, subclinical T4 output has been seen with relative deficiency of iodine
- Reports of improved breast fibrocystic changes, mastalgia with iodine treatment have been forgotten
- Recently, research has shown that animals that had iodine blocked developed classic fibrocystic changes
- David Brownstein, MD and Jorge Flechas, MD have been getting excellent clinical results with high dose iodine therapy, up to 50 mg or more daily
- Urine excretion testing demonstrates deficiency, iodine symporter defects and overload of competing elements – bromine, chlorine, and fluorine
- Iodine replacement can be given as Lugol’s solution 2–5% (latter a bit strong) or Iodoral tablet
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- One of the above is incorrect
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Iodine therapy (choose correct answer):
- Jonathan Wright reported that E1/E2 conversion into E3 was dramatically increased
- Reports of benefits in breast cancer have been noted
- The Optimox.com website has excellent references for iodine deficiency and replacement
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Iodine therapy: Treatment options (choose correct answer):
- Lugol’s 2% solution – 1 drop = 5–6 mg – 1–2 drops daily in water or juice Iodoral SR tablets –12.5 mg 1/2–1 tablet daily
- Increased doses initially will mobilize blocking elements but may result in increased TSH due to iodine symporter dysfunction
- Vitamin C 3000 mg/day helps to reactivate the symporter
- Mg deficiency correction is also needed for maximum benefits
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T3 therapy pearls (choose correct answer):
- T3 makes hair grow faster than any substance ever studied – apply in alcoholic gel after shower or HS
- Low doses of T3 SR caps 1–3 mcg bid will usually stop hair falling out in women (sadly, not men) even if “normothyroidal” by testing
- Low doses may improve sleep and daytime alertness
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