Dr. Kepal Patel

And the solution was easy to get these patients to take in iodine, but it was hard to administer iodine because iodine doesn't taste good, number one. And how do you get people just to take iodine? So I mean, it was a brilliant, you know, there's a big backstory to this, but it was basically a stroke of genius to say, hey, why don't we just put iodine into the salt? Salt is a known quantity.

And the solution was easy to get these patients to take in iodine, but it was hard to administer iodine because iodine doesn't taste good, number one. And how do you get people just to take iodine? So I mean, it was a brilliant, you know, there's a big backstory to this, but it was basically a stroke of genius to say, hey, why don't we just put iodine into the salt? Salt is a known quantity.

Everybody consumes salt. Salt doesn't spoil. And iodine, you don't taste the iodine. The salt, you taste the salt. And so you just iodize the salt. And all of a sudden, our rate of goiters in the Midwest has dropped to basically average to what it was on each coast.

Everybody consumes salt. Salt doesn't spoil. And iodine, you don't taste the iodine. The salt, you taste the salt. And so you just iodize the salt. And all of a sudden, our rate of goiters in the Midwest has dropped to basically average to what it was on each coast.

Everybody consumes salt. Salt doesn't spoil. And iodine, you don't taste the iodine. The salt, you taste the salt. And so you just iodize the salt. And all of a sudden, our rate of goiters in the Midwest has dropped to basically average to what it was on each coast.

But back then that wasn't available.

But back then that wasn't available.

But back then that wasn't available.

That's exactly, it's hypertrophying.

That's exactly, it's hypertrophying.

That's exactly, it's hypertrophying.

That's exactly what's happening. The thyroid gland is hypertrophying because it needs iodine to make thyroid hormone and it's not getting the iodine. So it's actually increasing in size, trying to get iodine, trying to accumulate iodine.

That's exactly what's happening. The thyroid gland is hypertrophying because it needs iodine to make thyroid hormone and it's not getting the iodine. So it's actually increasing in size, trying to get iodine, trying to accumulate iodine.

That's exactly what's happening. The thyroid gland is hypertrophying because it needs iodine to make thyroid hormone and it's not getting the iodine. So it's actually increasing in size, trying to get iodine, trying to accumulate iodine.

Yeah. I think once you've developed it, it's probably not going to go away. If you give that patient iodine at that point, it'll probably prevent it from getting any bigger, but it's not going to shrink.

Yeah. I think once you've developed it, it's probably not going to go away. If you give that patient iodine at that point, it'll probably prevent it from getting any bigger, but it's not going to shrink.

Yeah. I think once you've developed it, it's probably not going to go away. If you give that patient iodine at that point, it'll probably prevent it from getting any bigger, but it's not going to shrink.

And so at that point, they're stuck with the goiter that they have. Yeah. Either you take it out or if they can tolerate it and it's not really bothering them, you can even leave it alone.

And so at that point, they're stuck with the goiter that they have. Yeah. Either you take it out or if they can tolerate it and it's not really bothering them, you can even leave it alone.

And so at that point, they're stuck with the goiter that they have. Yeah. Either you take it out or if they can tolerate it and it's not really bothering them, you can even leave it alone.