By JH Sayyar
Goiter means a swelling of the neck resulting from the enlargement of the thyroid gland. It is called goiter of throat and in goiter condition throat swells like football. Here lies a question what is thyroid gland? Thyroid gland is hormones producers in our body.
It produces two types of hormones; thyroxine and triidothyronine. These two hormones circulate in our blood stream and both the hormones activate our metabolism besides these two hormones produce the balance between fat and carbohydrates in our body. Thus both fat and carbohydrates maintain our body temperature and help in producing proteins for body.
Thus our thyroid gland produces a hormone names, calcitonin regulates the amount of calcium in our blood. These hormones production is controlled by pituitary gland and hypothalamus gland order our pituitary gland to produce thyroid-stimulating hormone.
Pituitary gland locates at the base of our brain. It releases thyroid stimulating hormone and thyroxine needs in our blood when pituitary glands orders. When goiter occurs it means thyroid gland is not making according to body need thyroxine and nor working normally. When thyroid gland makes more hormones and less thyroxine and the throat swells like ball it is call goiter in common term.
Goiter Causes and treatment
Its main cause is iodine deficiency in human body. Iodine maintains the balance of thyroxine in our body. Iodine deficiency exposes the production of thyroxine is more that gathers in the throat and the throat swells like all and it is called goiter. That is why iodine is most important for our health and boy.
Iodine Food Sources
Sea foods, milk, dairy products, vegetables
Recommended Medicines for Goiter
1. Calcarea Carbonica 30x 10 drops three times in a day
2, Iodine 30x 10 drops three times in a day
3. Spongia Tosta 30x 10 drops three times in a day
