Iodine deficiency disorders as a non-infectious epidemic: a look at the problem at the tome of COVID-19 pandemic
Radioactive iodine, flying out of the destroyed reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, like a corona virus quickly spread throughout Europe. Iodine deficiency in the regions of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia adjacent to nuclear power plants became a factor in increased uptake of radioactive iodi...
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| author | G. A. Mel’nichenko E. A. Troshina G. A. Gerasimov |
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| description | Radioactive iodine, flying out of the destroyed reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, like a corona virus quickly spread throughout Europe. Iodine deficiency in the regions of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia adjacent to nuclear power plants became a factor in increased uptake of radioactive iodine by the thyroid gland in children and after 5 years led to an epidemic of thyroid cancer. Optimal iodine intake could become a kind of vaccination, which sharply reduces the risk of developing thyroid cancer, as has happened after the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. Endemic goiter was eliminated 50 years ago, but returned to the country in the early 1990s after the collapse of iodized salt production and has not been eliminated to this day due to the lack of a legislative framework for mandatory salt iodization. The actual average consumption of iodine by residents of Russia is from 40 to 80 mcg per day, which is 23 times less than the recommended norm. Mild and moderate iodine deficiency was detected throughout the Russian Federation, and it is more typical for the the rural population. The iodine deficiency has the greatest negative effect on the psychomotor development of the child during the critical period the first 1000 days of life from the moment of conception to the end of the second year of life. According to WHO, over the past 20 years, iodine deficiency has been eliminated in 115 countries of the world, and the number of iodine-deficient countries has dropped to 25, but Russia is still among them. We believe that after the COVID-19 pandemic, it will no longer be necessary to prove the need for effective support for the prevention of both infectious and non-infectious diseases, and the declared preventive direction of Russian medicine will indeed become such. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b8cf5ae9092f45c38e412ecc48c000922022-12-21T22:32:33Zrus"Consilium Medicum" Publishing houseТерапевтический архив0040-36602309-53422020-11-0192104810.26442/00403660.2020.10.00076846357Iodine deficiency disorders as a non-infectious epidemic: a look at the problem at the tome of COVID-19 pandemicG. A. Mel’nichenko0E. A. Troshina1G. A. Gerasimov2National Medical Research Center for EndocrinologyNational Medical Research Center for EndocrinologyIodine Global NetworkRadioactive iodine, flying out of the destroyed reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, like a corona virus quickly spread throughout Europe. Iodine deficiency in the regions of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia adjacent to nuclear power plants became a factor in increased uptake of radioactive iodine by the thyroid gland in children and after 5 years led to an epidemic of thyroid cancer. Optimal iodine intake could become a kind of vaccination, which sharply reduces the risk of developing thyroid cancer, as has happened after the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. Endemic goiter was eliminated 50 years ago, but returned to the country in the early 1990s after the collapse of iodized salt production and has not been eliminated to this day due to the lack of a legislative framework for mandatory salt iodization. The actual average consumption of iodine by residents of Russia is from 40 to 80 mcg per day, which is 23 times less than the recommended norm. Mild and moderate iodine deficiency was detected throughout the Russian Federation, and it is more typical for the the rural population. The iodine deficiency has the greatest negative effect on the psychomotor development of the child during the critical period the first 1000 days of life from the moment of conception to the end of the second year of life. According to WHO, over the past 20 years, iodine deficiency has been eliminated in 115 countries of the world, and the number of iodine-deficient countries has dropped to 25, but Russia is still among them. We believe that after the COVID-19 pandemic, it will no longer be necessary to prove the need for effective support for the prevention of both infectious and non-infectious diseases, and the declared preventive direction of Russian medicine will indeed become such.https://ter-arkhiv.ru/0040-3660/article/viewFile/50962/34452iodine deficiencyepidemiccovid-19russiaiodized salt |
| spellingShingle | G. A. Mel’nichenko E. A. Troshina G. A. Gerasimov Iodine deficiency disorders as a non-infectious epidemic: a look at the problem at the tome of COVID-19 pandemic Терапевтический архив iodine deficiency epidemic covid-19 russia iodized salt |
| title | Iodine deficiency disorders as a non-infectious epidemic: a look at the problem at the tome of COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Iodine deficiency disorders as a non-infectious epidemic: a look at the problem at the tome of COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Iodine deficiency disorders as a non-infectious epidemic: a look at the problem at the tome of COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Iodine deficiency disorders as a non-infectious epidemic: a look at the problem at the tome of COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Iodine deficiency disorders as a non-infectious epidemic: a look at the problem at the tome of COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | iodine deficiency disorders as a non infectious epidemic a look at the problem at the tome of covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | iodine deficiency epidemic covid-19 russia iodized salt |
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