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Radioactive iodine uptake
It is a number to rate how your thyroid gland incorporates iodine relative to a dose to help determine if your thyroid gland is functioning properly, compared to know normal uptakes for the nuclear medicine facility.
Dr. David Rothfeld reviewed this
39 year experience in Radiology
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: radioactive iodine uptake?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Going in for a radioactive iodine uptake scan. How is this administered?
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A 32-year old asked:
Radioactive iodine uptake test - can I still travel afterwards or would I have to hide out for a few days?
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A 48-year old asked:
How will a radioactive iodine uptake test diagnose goiter?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Can you get radiation sickness from Radioactive Iodine Uptake Scan using I-123?
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A 41-year old asked:
Is a radioactive iodine uptake test needed to rule out thyroid cancer?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Radioactive iodine uptake scan, should I go to work after? Am a food service clerk. How long should I stay away from pregnant daughter and toddler .
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A 62-year old female asked:
How. do i get rid of radioactive iodine if i no longer produce urine and am on dialysis (uptake scan?
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A 29-year old asked:
Will the radioactive iodine capsule work for my thyroid uptake scan?
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A 32-year old asked:
I'm in the process of taking a radioactive iodine pill for a 1-123 thyroid uptake scan, will smoking pot affect the results?
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A 35-year old asked:
Does the use of iodine nterfere with the tc 99 thyroid uptake?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Im worried for my wife after radio-iodine uptake. What is the risk/side effect other than hypothyroid? Is there a chance to have a cancer?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Hyper- and then hypothyroiditis in 2004 with no iodine uptake at all. Since then lowish TSH, T4 total and free + T3 (liothyronine) total and free. No antibodies. Why?
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A 40-year old female asked:
0.024 TSH, Normal T3 (liothyronine) and T4, postive antibodies, depressed iodine uptake test. Please interpret results? Confused and not getting answers..
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A 53-year old male asked:
Does radioactive iodine destroy the entire thyroid? If so, why?
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A 50-year old asked:
Will radioactive iodine treatment hurt my child in the long run?
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A 44-year old asked:
What can I expect after getting radioactive iodine on my thyroid?
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A 35-year old asked:
Can there be a way to know if your thyroid has been killed by radioactive iodine?
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A 45-year old asked:
I'm allergic to radioactive iodine. I was wondering if other thyroid meds have the iodine in them as well?
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A 68-year old female asked:
Should i consider radioactive iodine therapy for regrowth of tissue after -partial, then total thyroidectomy?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Had 100micu of radioactive iodine 2 days ago. Radiation level first day was 15 and now its 6. When is it safe to be around my 2/6 year olds?
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A 52-year old male asked:
Radioactive iodine treatment. Regarding Iodine free Diet. If I go for a 30' run on the beach will that affect my Iodine free Diet. My house is 200m from the beach. How far away must i be?
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A 47-year old asked:
What kind of doctor performs "radioactive iodine ablation"?
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A 39-year old asked:
What are the benefits of radioactive iodine therapy for hyperthyroidism?
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A 34-year old asked:
Is radioactive iodine safe if I have multiple health issues?
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A 44-year old asked:
What are symptoms of getting radioactive iodine from a patient?
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A 48-year old asked:
Radioactive iodine versus partial thyroidectomy, explain please?
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A 35-year old asked:
What can I expect after radioactive iodine therapy?
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A 47-year old asked:
What do I need to know about radioactive iodine treatment in australia?
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A 40-year old asked:
What's a good way to affect thyroid results for radioactive scan/uptake?
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