Re: Iodoral and kidney function

[Guest guest]

the only thing i know about iodine and kidneys...is that iodine

contrast dye can cause kidney damage:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/66580.php

i know this because my daughter has a kidney disease...and can not

have iodine contrast dye since her kidney function is already

compromised and it could cause further damage.

more info that may be helpful:

http://www.nature.com/ki/journal/v59/n3/full/4492116a.html

Expression of the sodium iodide symporter in human kidney

cindi

>

> I would like to know if anyone here has experienced

> this. For some reason, my PC ordered kidney blood

> work to be done (GFR). I just learned the results,

> which is that I am in 'stage 2' of compromised kidney

> function. The result was 74--indicating damage and

> decreased kidney function, although the labs indicated

> this might be from normal aging at 70+ years.

> Note: I'm 39!

>

> Is it POSSIBLE that iodine can be too much for my

> body? Is iodine metabolized in the kidney?!

[Guest guest]

this abstract suggests excess iodine can damage kidneys....but would

want to know iodine docs' response to this one:

1: Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi. 1996 Nov;30(6):340-2.Links

[Experimental studies on effects of excessive iodine intake on

morphology and function of kidney in mice][Article in Chinese]

Zhou X, Yin G.

Department of Biochemistry, Hebei Medical College, Shijiazhuang.

To understand that if excessive iodine can cause damage to tissues

other than thyroid gland, mice were fed with iodine-excess water and

iodine-excess goiter was caused in them. Hisitomorphology and

function of the kidney, in addition to the thyroid gland, in goiter

mice were observed. Results showed that two hundred days after being

fed with 3,000 micrograms iodine per liter water, in addition to

causing iodine-excess goiter characterized with proliferation of

large amount of colloid in thyroid follicles, morphology and function

of the kidneys in mice were significantly damaged, with prominent

pathomorphological changes of crescent formation and metabolic

inhibition in microsome membrane Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activities in

their kidneys. Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activities were 21.95 +/- 7.50

mumolPi/mg Pr.hr in low iodine group, and 17.64 +/- 8.63 mumolPi/mg

Pr.hr in excessive iodine group, with significant difference. It

suggests that excessive iodine can cause damage not only to thyroid,

but to the whole body.

PMID: 9388908 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

cindi

>

> I would like to know if anyone here has experienced

> this. For some reason, my PC ordered kidney blood

> work to be done (GFR). I just learned the results,

> which is that I am in 'stage 2' of compromised kidney

> function. The result was 74--indicating damage and

> decreased kidney function, although the labs indicated

> this might be from normal aging at 70+ years.

[Guest guest]

On 9/11/07, Regis <vegan_mamma@...> wrote:

>

> Is it POSSIBLE that iodine can be too much for my

> body? Is iodine metabolized in the kidney?! I'm

> hypothyroidic from Hashimotos.

Hashimotos can be caused by gluten intolerance, which

can ALSO cause anti-kidney antibodies. Possibly

other foods can trigger these auto-immune reactions ...

the culprit seems to be boiling down to zonulin, which

causes rogue proteins to be released into the blood.

Iodine does figure into this, tho I'm not sure exactly the

connection. When one has an IgA antibody reaction, IgA

gets deposited, say, in the skin. When iodine is ingested,

it " activates " the IgA, which in the case of the skin, causes

the skin to itch. But it's not really the iodine that is the root

cause: it's the IgA, which isn't really supposed to be there

in the first place.

Anyway, if it was me, I'd get tested for the IgA intolerances

(esp. gluten, maybe casein). If those are the root cause, then

they can be causing other damage too, besides to your

thyroid and kidneys.

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[Guest guest]

Isn't the loading test contraindicated in someone with a kidney problem? I can't remember if I read that in Brownstein's book or saw it on Flechas' website...

-Olif