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A member asked:
Had a succesful total thyroidectomy last week, and i let my brother clean the incision, he is a nurse, he used iodine, is it harmful?
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No: If he had a total thyroidectomy, he will be on replacement thyroid hormone with levothyroxin for example or other thyroid hormone preparation. Whether you had a topical exposure to iodine should not make any difference. It would not be harmful.
Answered 5/8/2015
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