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No salt (or just no iodinated salt) for thyroid nuclear scan?
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Regular salt is OK: Salt without iodine (if you can find it is ok). The scan requires a low iodine diet.
Answered 10/12/2012
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No iodinated salt: The thyroid uptake and scan measures the ability of your thyroid gland to accumulate a radioactive form of iodine (usually i-123). Table salt or seafood contain iodine (a non-radiactive one) that compete with the radioactive iodine use during the test and thus could falsely bias the results. You can use kosher salt which doesn't have the added iodine as in regular salt.
Answered 8/27/2013
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