Re: salivary duct stones--was Enlarged goitre

[Guest guest]

I'm not sure how long it took, because he was away at college. He says the

stone seems to be gone now--at least it hasn't caused problems for several

years. He took Lugol's, which I had on hand for my thyroid. I didn't know

about taking large doses, however. I'm new to this group and really just

learning about the possibilities

What is SSKI?

Cheryl

> > Iodine is good for salivary duct gland stones too. My son had problems with

those.

[Guest guest]

Hi there. Just wanted to share that starting iodine increased the pain in the

area of my jaw/ear/teeth/sinuses and sometimes even around the eye and there was

apparent increased swelling in the jaw area. I say INCREASED because I have had

that pain and waxing/waning swelling for over 12 years and no dentist or ENT who

has come up with a definitive dx or effective treatment... that is a long and

unpleasant story involving an unnecessary and now regretted root canal. Anyway,

now that I more independently seek answers and alternative ways to figure out

what is wrong and how to make it better, I think I figured out some things at

least relevant for this body and maybe for some others. Like I said, the pain

INCREASED when I started the iodine protocol, but so did my saliva flow and tear

film which was a welcome change from a rather dry mouth and eyes. I knew what

salivary stones were and what the usual cut and burn treatments are, and I knew

I didn't want to go there! Meanwhile, I was doing some self-learning about

trigger point therapy to address the muscle issues elsewhere in my body (which

had also increased upon starting iodine) and accidentally came across info about

trigger points in the jaw/head area. Maybe at least some of my pain there was of

muscular origin? What I found upon self-examination as per the instructions

in the trigger point therapy book by Davies were either stones in my parotid

glands or trigger points in the masseter muscles, or maybe both. It is really

hard to tell what the lumps are, as I certainly don't have any others to compare

to. And OH MAN did it hurt to squeeze or massage them at first!-- best done in

a warm shower where you can relax and drool as needed. I figured I didn't have

anything to lose, as nobody had been able to help me with this pain before and

if it got super swollen and obviously infected I was smart enough to go try the

docs again. After that first deep massage, there was some ick that seemed to

come from the gland and into my mouth, so maybe there had been some infection or

blockage that massaging helped move on through... that sort of nasty-tasting

thing only lasted a few days BTW. Cool thing was, while the actual muscle/gland

area was a bit more sore from the initial massaging, the ear and eye and tooth

pains almost disappeared immediately for the first time in over a decade! In

time, while continuing the iodine protocol, the massaging really helped and now

I can almost forget to do it until I feel a twinge and go back to the massage

routine. BTW, the massaging is now pleasant since the lumps, whatever they are,

seem smaller. Even the muscle tissue itself (not just in the mouth/throat

area) feels different in texture, tighter and fuller but not so knotted/lumpy as

my therapy has continued. And finally, reaching a higher dose of iodine (I am

now pulsing with 100mg and 12.5mg Iodoral on alternate days) seems to have

pushed me beyond the worst of all the muscle (or stone) problems and other pains

in all of my body... aggravated by detox I assume. Hope it stays that way! My

points is that the jaw or salivary gland thing can get better and I also suggest

checking for trigger points. You might be pleasantly surprised at how great

treating those trigger points can be : ) BTW I just started iodine therapy in

early Feb 2011, so now you have an idea of my timeline. I hope you find

decreased pain and increasing well-being in your whole body!

> > > Iodine is good for salivary duct gland stones too. My son had problems

with those.

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[Guest guest]

Very interesting story ~ thanks for sharing! You may find this article

interesting:

A Newly Discovered Muscle-Organ Relationship: The Pectoralis Minor and the

Parotid Gland by C. Gangemi, DC, DIBAK -

http://www.drgangemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/GANGEMI-Parotid-Pec-Minor-GA\

NGEMI.pdf

I found this excerpt particularly interesting (the iodine connection):

" Goodheart also notes that the parotid works with the thymus to " tag " food for

specialized use in the body(3) as well as deiodinate food in the mouth so that

it is readily available for the thyroid after gastrointestinal absorption. "

> > > > Iodine is good for salivary duct gland stones too. My son had problems

with those.

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[Guest guest]

SSKI = super saturated potassium iodide. Here is a link to the article by

, MD: http://tahomaclinicblog.com/iodide/

> > > Iodine is good for salivary duct gland stones too. My son had problems

with those.

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[Guest guest]

Oh too funny!! I was totally distracted when I wrote this so a correction is in

order ... SSKI = saturated solution of potassium iodide.

> > > > Iodine is good for salivary duct gland stones too. My son had problems

with those.

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