Gill Bembridge is not so worried when find small bumps on the neck of his daughter, Faye. He thinks his daughter is just cold. Until when one of his friends has said that is not the usual bumps.
"He's a retired doctor, whose name was Pete Lansley. He said the lump was a telltale sign of iodine deficiency Faye. It never occurred to my mind though, "says Gill.
And the mother of two children was surprised when the long-term impact from lack of iodine is not just a bump, but up to a mental disorder, whether it be on children as well as adults. For teen girls, they also need more iodine in order to ovariumnya tits and well developed.
According to the WHO report, lack of iodine is also intimately connected with the decline in IQ or cleverness, acute fatigue, miscarriage, disruption to the thyroid plays an important role in the process of development. When it is severe, lack of iodine can also lead to memory loss and barren.
When asked for information, Dr. Lansley explained gondongan or lumps that appear on the neck of the girl 9 years old he found on his neighbor's sons who was a teenager in the Yorkshire area. Lump right in the middle of the neck and will move up and down while being chewed.
"Gondongan is the most obvious symptom of a deficiency of iodine. When the body is deficient in this mineral then the thyroid gland enlarges in order to produce thyroid hormones themselves, so swell, "Dr light Lansley.
"60 years In the 90s I served in Turkey and see a lot of teenage girls are having this kind of condition, however I never thought would see it in the United Kingdom, " he added.
But from a study published in the Lancet in The year 2011 revealed that 70 percent of teenagers across the UK is experiencing a shortage of iodine, although only one of the five children who belong to very low levels of iodinnya.
Then how can teens-teen in United Kingdom lack iodine? Iodine can be obtained from seafood, seaweed, fish cod and shellfish. But many more are found in the United Kingdom are cheese and yogurt.
It's just that in the years 1970-80s milk consumption in the country has dropped dramatically because of allergies and changing tastes in the community. While organic milk produced in the United Kingdom ranches contain iodine are 40 percent less than milk produced on farms in General.
Lucky after being taken to a doctor and get a prescription supplement iodine, mumps in the neck slowly disappear Faye in just one month. After that Gill was determined to meet the intake of milk and other iodine-rich foods for her daughter that.
According to nutrition experts Leona Victoria Djajadi, DNC, classified into three iodine nutrition should be given so that children grow up smart. "The easiest way to pay is to use iodized salt, but also do not be excessive, " said to detikHealth some time ago.
Children ages 0-1 years can consume 1 gram of salt per day, then for children ages 1-6 years 2-3 grams of salt can be given per day.
"He's a retired doctor, whose name was Pete Lansley. He said the lump was a telltale sign of iodine deficiency Faye. It never occurred to my mind though, "says Gill.
And the mother of two children was surprised when the long-term impact from lack of iodine is not just a bump, but up to a mental disorder, whether it be on children as well as adults. For teen girls, they also need more iodine in order to ovariumnya tits and well developed.
According to the WHO report, lack of iodine is also intimately connected with the decline in IQ or cleverness, acute fatigue, miscarriage, disruption to the thyroid plays an important role in the process of development. When it is severe, lack of iodine can also lead to memory loss and barren.
When asked for information, Dr. Lansley explained gondongan or lumps that appear on the neck of the girl 9 years old he found on his neighbor's sons who was a teenager in the Yorkshire area. Lump right in the middle of the neck and will move up and down while being chewed.
"Gondongan is the most obvious symptom of a deficiency of iodine. When the body is deficient in this mineral then the thyroid gland enlarges in order to produce thyroid hormones themselves, so swell, "Dr light Lansley.
"60 years In the 90s I served in Turkey and see a lot of teenage girls are having this kind of condition, however I never thought would see it in the United Kingdom, " he added.
But from a study published in the Lancet in The year 2011 revealed that 70 percent of teenagers across the UK is experiencing a shortage of iodine, although only one of the five children who belong to very low levels of iodinnya.
Then how can teens-teen in United Kingdom lack iodine? Iodine can be obtained from seafood, seaweed, fish cod and shellfish. But many more are found in the United Kingdom are cheese and yogurt.
It's just that in the years 1970-80s milk consumption in the country has dropped dramatically because of allergies and changing tastes in the community. While organic milk produced in the United Kingdom ranches contain iodine are 40 percent less than milk produced on farms in General.
Lucky after being taken to a doctor and get a prescription supplement iodine, mumps in the neck slowly disappear Faye in just one month. After that Gill was determined to meet the intake of milk and other iodine-rich foods for her daughter that.
According to nutrition experts Leona Victoria Djajadi, DNC, classified into three iodine nutrition should be given so that children grow up smart. "The easiest way to pay is to use iodized salt, but also do not be excessive, " said to detikHealth some time ago.
Children ages 0-1 years can consume 1 gram of salt per day, then for children ages 1-6 years 2-3 grams of salt can be given per day.
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