If caught early, though, it can be successfully managed with an oral or «rub on the ear» medication or it can usually be cured with an
injection of radioactive iodine.
This controversy occurs in all aspects of management, including surgery,
use of radioactive iodine for remnant ablation, thyroid hormone supplementation, and long - term surveillance...
The aim
of the radioactive iodine therapy (for benign conditions) is to kill a portion of the thyroid to prevent goiters from growing larger or producing too much hormone (hyperthyroidism).
Also, a limited number of Fukushima residents were offered iodine tablets after the accident to block
absorption of radioactive iodine from breathing contaminated air or eating contaminated food.
Dr. Tordjman and her colleagues studied the
effect of radioactive iodine treatment on the ovarian reserve of women treated for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) by measuring their blood levels of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) and following the patients for up to one year after treatment.
Bowyer adds that the tiny
concentrations of radioactive iodine, cesium, tellurium, xenon and lanthanum that have reached the United States are far below normal background levels and not a health risk.
Such damage can be caused by an autoimmune attack on the gland, oxidative stress, surgical removal of the thyroid and the use
of radioactive iodine in the treatment of hyperthyroidism.
The
advantages of radioactive iodine therapy are that the procedure most often cures hyperthyroidism, has no serious side effects, and does not require anesthesia.
FWIW, thyroid cancer is quick because radioactive iodine concentrates in the thyroid, and there's a
lot of radioactive iodine.
The disadvantage is that it is difficult to prescribe the right
amount of radioactive iodine that should be taken, which can result in an underactive thyroid if your child takes too much.
The Thyro - Cat Feline Hyperthyroidism Treatment Center at Cats Only Veterinary Hospital in Fayetteville, NY is a comfortable space for your cat during the
administering of the radioactive iodine injection, as well as the monitoring period to follow.
An excellend treatment that cures the disease completely in 98 % of the cases involves the
use of radioactive Iodine to selectively destroy only the part of the thyroid gland that has a problem.
Although the amounts
of radioactive iodine, cesium and strontium found in any single location throughout northeastern Japan have been small, the cumulative amount of radioactive material produced by the plant prompted Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) on Tuesday to submit a provisional International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) level 7 rating for the accident (pdf).
For those immediately exposed to high levels of radiation, the World Health Organization recommends taking potassium iodide to prevent the thyroid's uptake
of radioactive iodine.
Although every effort is made to calculate the correct dose of radioiodine for each patient, not every treatment will successfully correct the hyperthyroidism, particularly if the goiter is quite large and a second dose
of radioactive iodine is occasionally needed.
The hyperthyroid cat is given an injection
of radioactive iodine, in the vast majority of cases one injection is enough for the treatment to be successful.
When an injection
of radioactive iodine is given, it destroys the abnormal thyroid tissue without endangering other organs.
A single injection
of radioactive iodine is curative in around 95 per cent of all hyperthyroid cats, but following treatment occasional blood tests are recommended to ensure normal thyroid hormone levels are being maintained.
The rare cases of thyroid adenocarcinoma (malignant tumour of the thyroid) are more difficult to treat, but can sometimes be successfully managed using much higher doses
of radioactive iodine.
Chest / abdominal ultrasounds are administered prior to injection
of radioactive iodine (I - 131) therapy.
This treatment involves an injection
of radioactive iodine, which is absorbed quickly into the cat's bloodstream.
In this procedure, a single injection
of radioactive Iodine - 131 is given to your cat subcutaneously or intravenously.