Interpretation of Guidelines to Iodine Supplementation for Chinese Residents / 中国实用内科杂志

ABSTRACT

The article makes an interpretation of the key contents in the Guidelines to Iodine Supplementation for Chinese Residents published this year. Iodine is a key component of the thyroid hormone. Sufficient iodine intake is crucial for thyroid hormone synthesis and brain development of offspring. Universal salt iodization is the most effective strategy to compensate the iodine deficiency in daily food. For pregnant women, daily iodine requirements increase. Patients with autoimmune thyroiditis need to maintain adequate iodine status while the goiter patients should be distinguished whether it is caused by iodine deficiency or iodine excess. Iodine deficiency not only increases the prevalence of thyroid nodules but also increases the pathological types of anaplastic thyroid cancer and follicular thyroid cancer.