Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Thyroid disease will be included in the scope of monitoring of iodine nutrition

For the recent spate of salt iodization policy of our different voices and the general public on the "iodine excessive" concern, September 3, Chinese Medical Association endocrine Credit will be issued an official statement that the policy can not be canceled iodine, but the implementation of the "classification guidance and specific "science iodine supplement policies to enhance the monitoring of all the people of iodine nutritional status.

The Chinese Medical Association, director of endocrine credits member of Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University said Professor Guang Ning, vice president of the Chinese Medical Association endocrine credits will act as my thyroid disease-related clinical professional bodies, on the current policy of holding our three points of iodized salt:

- Iodized salt is now internationally recognized as the best method of iodine supplementation should be adhered to. Iodine deficiency due to lack of resources, natural iodine, are generally not self-healing. Therefore, iodine deficiency has been identified as areas must adhere to the policy of sustained iodine.

- Suggested that the state implement the "scientific iodine, guidance, specific" approach iodine supplementation. Salt departments should be based on the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities to develop policies and local residents of iodine supplementation of salt habit, the production of different iodine content in iodized salt for the procurement of parts. Thyroid disease, while ensuring market supply in patients with non-iodized salt.

- To strengthen the country's inhabitants of the iodine nutrition status monitoring, implementation monitoring of the institutionalized, standardized and open. Iodine nutrition status surveillance not only to monitor the urinary iodine concentration of iodized salt in iodine concentration, goiter prevalence, but also monitoring of thyroid disease (hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, autoimmune thyroiditis, thyroid nodules, thyroid cancer, etc.) the incidence of changes.

The experts recommended the establishment by the endemic diseases, endocrinology, and the salt industry sectors to participate in the monitoring organization, regular exchange of information, timely change in policy to establish a comprehensive, standardized, rigorous, accurate, and timely monitoring system.

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