Guest guest Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Dear List, How do you know if you're allergic to iodine without taking it to find out? Jonella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 Well, if you can eat table salt, it's pretty safe to say that you aren't allergic. Table salt is " iodized " meaning it has iodine in it. An allergy to iodine is very rare considering it is necessary for proper thyroid function. Ken -- iodine allergy Dear List, How do you know if you're allergic to iodine without taking it to find out? Jonella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 You can do some basic muscle testing (kinesiology). iodine allergy Dear List, How do you know if you're allergic to iodine without taking it to find out? Jonella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 I believe the amount of iodine in table salt is miniscule and is not a good test. Vigorously rub a few drops on your arm. If it reacts by swelling or redness you're probably allergic to it. Iodine in an open wound stings everyone intensely. JH iodine allergy Dear List, How do you know if you're allergic to iodine without taking it to find out? Jonella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 My father had to be shocked back to life from iodine based dye injected for a spinal image. He went into a. shock and just stopped breathing. They used those paddle things and an injection of some sort. Was really awful. Dusty Iodine allergy , You wrote: > > > My sister is so allergic to iodine that she cannot eat seafood. So in > her case [and I'm sure others] the allergy is not to radiological dyes. There are basically two types of contrast agents used in X-ray examinations, those based on barium sulfate and those based on iodine. If your sister is allergic to iodine in seafood, she will almost certainly react badly to iodine based contrast agents. Make sure she lets the radiographers know about her sensitivity prior to any procedure involving X-rays. Iodine in contrast agents may be bound either in an organic (non-ionic) compound or an ionic compound. Allergic folks tend to react to BOTH. Ionic agents are the older of the two types, although still in wide use despite their side effects. Organic compounds have fewer side effects, since they do not dissociate. Examples include iohexol, iodixanol, ioversol. These are clear colorless water solutions, which can be used almost anywhere in the body, e.g. intravenously, intraarterially, intrathecally (the spine) and intraabdominally - in just about any body cavity or potential space. Allergy to iodine contrast agents can cause anaphylactoid reactions, but they can also attack just the kidneys in contrast-induced nephropathy. Anaphylactoid reactions are similar to anaphylactic reactions, but are not caused by an IgE-mediated immune response. Pretreatment with corticosteroids can decrease the incidence of adverse reactions. This is what they tried with my friend, but it nearly killed him. Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Gracia, You wrote: > > this is wrong. Being allergic to seafood is not an iodine allergy, ... However, a person allergic to iodine WILL react to seafood, just as stated. > ... and the iodine dyes are organic/not inorganic. ... The most commonly used ones today are. However, the first iodide contrasts were not organic, and still are not unless the cation is an organic complex. Your Optimox supplement is actually a mix of iodide and organic iodine compounds. Thus, it is a mix of organic and inorganic. Some of the dyes are also mixes, but most are one or the other. All the organic ones are chemical modifications of a 2,4,6-tri-iodinated benzene ring. > ... We all need iodine to live. > Allergy to the kind of iodine the body uses is very rare, it would be > like being allergic to iron or calcium. A meta-analysis of the published data from 1980-1989 revealed that the risk of severe adverse reaction from iodated contrast media is 0.157% for high-osmolality and 0.031% for nonionic. Risk of death for either type is 1 in 100,000 patients. That is a lot higher than for calcium or iron. ( http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic864.htm ) Previous reactions to ionic or nonionic ICM increases the relative risk of repeat reaction 3.3- to 6.9-fold compared with the risk in general population. Approximately 60% of patients who had hives after ICM administration in the past have hives with a repeat exposure. Similarly, facial edema, difficulty breathing, and bronchospasm recur in 68%, 59%, and 38% of patients, respectively. Reactions do not recur in all patients. Patients with a history of a reaction to ICM may report having undergone a recent contrast-enhanced study without adverse manifestations. Nevertheless, these patients still have a higher risk than that of the general population. People with asthma have 1.2-2.5 times the risk of the general population. The question is not whether we need iodine or not, but how much. Since almost all of our iodine intake is normally absorbed by the thyroid, there is a big question whether we need even more iodine, by a factor of 30, when the thyroid stops working. Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 I wonder why they use that stuff? Allergy to inorganic iodine is extremely rare. Gracia My father had to be shocked back to life from iodine based dye injected for a spinal image. He went into a. shock and just stopped breathing. They used those paddle things and an injection of some sort. Was really awful. Dusty Iodine allergy , You wrote: > > > My sister is so allergic to iodine that she cannot eat seafood. So in > her case [and I'm sure others] the allergy is not to radiological dyes. There are basically two types of contrast agents used in X-ray examinations, those based on barium sulfate and those based on iodine. If your sister is allergic to iodine in seafood, she will almost certainly react badly to iodine based contrast agents. Make sure she lets the radiographers know about her sensitivity prior to any procedure involving X-rays. Iodine in contrast agents may be bound either in an organic (non-ionic) compound or an ionic compound. Allergic folks tend to react to BOTH. Ionic agents are the older of the two types, although still in wide use despite their side effects. Organic compounds have fewer side effects, since they do not dissociate. Examples include iohexol, iodixanol, ioversol. These are clear colorless water solutions, which can be used almost anywhere in the body, e.g. intravenously, intraarterially, intrathecally (the spine) and intraabdominally - in just about any body cavity or potential space. Allergy to iodine contrast agents can cause anaphylactoid reactions, but they can also attack just the kidneys in contrast-induced nephropathy. Anaphylactoid reactions are similar to anaphylactic reactions, but are not caused by an IgE-mediated immune response. Pretreatment with corticosteroids can decrease the incidence of adverse reactions. This is what they tried with my friend, but it nearly killed him. Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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