Endemic goitre
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| Endemic goitre | |
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A woman, probably from inland of Norway, with goiter, probably due to iodine deficiency.
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| Classification and external resources | |
| Specialty | Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 446: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| ICD-10 | E01.0-E01.2 |
| ICD-9-CM | 240.9 |
| DiseasesDB | 4222 |
| Patient UK | Endemic goitre |
| MeSH | D006043 |
Endemic goitre is a type of goitre that is associated with dietary iodine deficiency.[1][2]
Some inland areas where soil and water lacks in iodine compounds and consumption of marine foods is low are known for higher incidence of goitre. In such areas goitre is said to be "endemic".
This type of goitre is easily preventable. In most developed countries regulations have been put into force by health policy institutions requiring salt, flour or water to be fortified with iodine.[citation needed]
Treatment of endemic goitre is medical with iodine and thyroxine preparations. Surgery is only necessary in cases where complicated by significant compression of nearby structures.
