Bocio endémico difuso / Diffuse endemic goiter

La deficiencia de yodo constituye uno de los flagelos más terribles que sufre la humanidad en gran parte del planeta, sobre todo en los países menos desarrollados. Se estima que 1 600 millones de personas, aproximadamente el 30 % de la población mundial, viven en zonas con riesgo de desarrollar alguno de los trastornos por deficiencia de yodo. De ellos, 665 millones están afectados de bocio y 5,7 millones de cretinismo, una de las formas de retraso mental más profundo y devastador y más fácilmente evitable. En Pakistán, país del sudeste asiático con montañas elevadas y pertenecientes al tercer mundo, las enfermedades del tiroides son muy frecuentes, por lo que se decide presentar 2 casos con diagnóstico presuntivo de enfermedad por déficit de yodo, proveniente de una aldea donde se observa una incidencia de bocio por encima del 10 %.

Iodine deficiency is one of the most terrible scourges suffered by humanity in a big part of the world, mainly in the less developed countries. It is estimated that 1 600 million people, approximately 30 % of the world population, live in zones at risk for developing someof the disorders caused by iodine deficiency. Of them, 665 millions are affected by goiter and 5.7 by cretinism, one of the deepest and most devastating forms of mental retardation that may be easily avoided in Pakistan, a country of the Asian southeast region with high mountains that is part of the Third World, goiter diseases are very common That's why, it was decided to present 2 cases with presumptive diagnosis of iodine deficit disease from a village where there is a goiter incidence above 10 %.

Readout of the Guideline for the Management of Thyroid Disease in China / 中国实用内科杂志

The second part of (2008 edition)includes iodine deficiency disease,thyroditis and thyroid nodule.This guideline reaffirms the epidemic characteristics,the prevention and the management of iodine deficiency disease.It identifies the measurement of iodine nutritional status and the necessity of iodinized salt.It emphasizes the regular diagnosis and treatment of subacute and chronic thyroiditis,and also mentions the advancement on differential diagnosis and rational therapy of thyroid nodules.In addition,it gives some advices on the management of thyroid nodules in two special groups(pregnant women and children).