| 1. | Treatment of endemic goitre is medical with iodine and thyroxine preparations.
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| 2. | Treatment is via the standard treatment for hypothyroidism with thyroxine replacement.
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| 3. | TTH stimulates the release of thyroxine and triiodothyronine from the thyroid.
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| 4. | Amiodarone is structurally similar to thyroxine and also contains iodine.
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| 5. | The thyroid gland naturally uses iodine to produce thyroxine and other hormones.
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| 6. | Using marked thyroxine exposes the body to thyrotoxicosis and radioactivity.
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| 7. | Hypothyroidism is managed with replacement of the hormone thyroxine.
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| 8. | For TM, blood tests reveal increased thyroxine levels.
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| 9. | Typically overproduction of thyroxine using radio-iodine is blocked with one dose.
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| 10. | For this reason, measuring total thyroxine in the blood can be misleading.
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