Yu gɛt dis ‘Iodine Deficiency’ bak? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt am!

Yu no se wi bɔdi nid difrɛn tin dɛn fɔ mek i wok fayn, nɔto so? Bɔku tin dɛn de lɛk vaytamɛn ɛn minral. Sɔm pan dɛn tin ya wi kin tɔk bɔt ɔltɛm, bɔt sɔm de we wi nɔ kin tink bɔt so. Bɔt ivin if na smɔl tin, i kin bi sɔntin we nɔ impɔtant to di bɔdi. Semweso, sɔntin we rili impɔtant fɔ wi bɔdi, bɔt sɔntɛnde wi kin mis am, na ayodin . Tide, wi go tɔk bɔt us kayn prɔblɛm kin apin if dɛn nɔ gi dis ayodin fayn fayn wan to di bɔdi, dat na if ‘ayodin dɛfisiɛns’ apin.

Wetin na we pɔsin nɔ gɛt ayodin? Lɛ wi ɔndastand am simpul wan!

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, we yu nɔ gɛt ayodin na we yu tayroyd gland nɔ gɛt inof ayodin fɔ wok fayn fayn wan. Naw yu go mɔs de wɔnda wetin na di tayroyd gland.

Dis na smɔl gland we tan lɛk bɔtaflay we de bifo wi nɛk. I tan lɛk smɔl injin na wi bɔdi. na pat pan wi εndokrin sistεm , we na di sistεm we de mek כmon dεm. Di tayroyd gland de mek tayroyd ɔmon dɛn . Dɔn dɛn ɔmon ya kin go insay di blɔd ɛn travul ɔlsay na di bɔdi fɔ du impɔtant wok dɛn.

Tink bɔt dis, na dɛn tayroyd ɔmon ya de ɛp wi bɔdi fɔ yuz ɛnaji, fɔ mek di bɔdi wam, ɛn ɛp ɔda pat dɛn fɔ wok fayn fayn wan. εspεshali we uman bεlε , dεn tayroyd כmon dεm ya implεnt fכ divεlכpmεnt fכ di pikin in bon dεm εn bren. So, if ayodin nɔ de, dɛn nɔ de mek di tayroyd ɔmon dɛn fayn fayn wan. Na da tɛm de di prɔblɛm dɛn kin bigin.

So, wetin na dis ayodin? Usay wi kin gɛt am?

Ayodin na wan minral we de na di wɔl we de na di wɔl. Wi bɔdi nɔ kin ebul fɔ mek ayodin fɔ insɛf. So, wi fɔ gɛt am frɔm di it dɛn we wi de it ɛn drink. Bɔku we dɛn de fɔ gɛt ayodin:

• Sɔm it dɛn kin gɛt ayodin bay dɛnsɛf: Si wata gɛt ayodin, so si-sid, shrimps, ɛn si-fud injɔnal gɛt bɔku ayodin. Sɔm tin dɛn we dɛn kin mek wit milk ɛn ɔda it dɛn kin gɛt ayodin bak we dɛn ad.
• Dɛn dɔn ad ayodin to tebul sɔl: Trade, we pɔsin nɔ gɛt ayodin na bin big prɔblɛm na Sri Lanka ɛn bɔku ɔda kɔntri dɛn ɔlsay na di wɔl. As sɔlv fɔ dis, dɛn bin ad ayodin to tebul sɔl. Dis bin mek di ayodin we dɛn nɔ bin gɛt bin ridyus bad bad wan.
• Yu kin tek am as tin fɔ it: Sɔm vaytamɛn dɛn, mɔ di wan dɛn we dɛn kin gi mama dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ (‘Prenatal vitamins’), gɛt ayodin.

Udat dɛn kin gɛt mɔ prɔblɛm we dɛn nɔ gɛt ayodin?

Insay Sri Lanka, dis tin nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm bikɔs bɔku pipul dɛn naw de yuz sɔl we gɛt ayod. Bɔt na sɔm say dɛn na di wɔl, mɔ na say dɛn we gɛt mawnten dɛn we de fa frɔm di si, pipul dɛn kin gɛt dis prɔblɛm. Na bikɔs di say we dɛn de ɛn di grɔn nɔ gɛt bɔku ayodin. Lɛ wi si udat de pan denja mɔ:

• Pipul dɛn we de yuz sɔl we nɔ gɛt ayod:Dɛn se pas 10% pan di pipul dɛn na di wɔl nɔ de gɛt sɔl we gɛt ayod.
• Pipul dɛn we de na ay ay ples, fa frɔm di si: Bikɔs di say we dɛn de na di say we dɛn de, nɔ gɛt bɔku ayodin, dɛn kin gɛt smɔl ayodin bak frɔm it ɛn drink.
• Pipul dɛn we nɔ de it fish ɔ dairy (fɔ ɛgzampul, vegans): Bikɔs sifud ɛn dairy na it dɛn we gɛt bɔku ayodin.
• bεlε uman dεm: bεlε uman nid bכt 50% mכr ayodin pas di avεrej pכsin. Dis na bikɔs i nid bak fɔ mit di tin dɛn we di pikin we de na di bɛlɛ nid.

Us kɔmplikɛshɔn dɛn kin apin bikɔs ɔf di ayodin we nɔ de?

If yu nɔ gɛt inof ayodin, yu bɔdi nɔ go ebul fɔ mek tayroyd ɔmon dɛn fayn fayn wan. Dis kin mek wi gɛt difrɛn prɔblɛm dɛn. Dis kin rili siriɔs we uman gɛt bɛlɛ.

Tin dεm we kin apin bikoz fכ di ayodin dεfisεns we uman bεlε:

• We uman kin pwɛl bɛlɛ.
• We dɛn bɔn pikin we dɔn day.
• Di tin dɛn we dɛn bɔn we dɛn bɔn.
• Stunted growth.
• Disabiliti dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit intɛlektual.
• Divɛlɔpmɛnt delay.

pan ɔl we i nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm, if yu gɛt siriɔs ayodin we yu gɛt bɛlɛ i kin mek yu gɛt wan sik we dɛn kɔl ‘kretinism’ . Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak ‘kɔnjɛnital ayodin dɛfisiɛns sindrom’ . Bebi dεm we dεn bכn wit dis kכndyushכn kin gεt siriכs kכmplikεshכn. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

* Ekstrim delay fɔ divɛlɔp bɔdi ɛn maynd.

* Dɛf-mutism .

* Di mɔsul dɛn we stif pasmak (Spasticity) .

* I shɔt.

Dis na di rizin we mek dɛn se i fɔ tek tɛm mɔ wit ayodin we uman gɛt bɛlɛ.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm we de sho se pɔsin nɔ gɛt ayodin? Aw wi kin no am?

Wan pan di men we fɔ no if ayodin nɔ de na fɔ luk di chenj dɛn we de apin na di tayroyd gland.

Wan pan di fɔs sayn dɛn we de sho se pɔsin nɔ gɛt ayodin na we di tayroyd gland big . Dɛn kɔl dis wan goiter . dis big big tin kin apin we di tayroyd gland de wok tu tranga wan fכ mek inof tayroyd כmon fכ di bכdi. If yu gɛt goiter, yu kin gɛt sɔm kayn sik lɛk:

• Fɔ fil lɛk se yu de swɛla.
• I nɔ izi fɔ swɛla.
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo.

di men sayn we de sho se yu nכ gεt ayodin na wan kכndyushכn we dεn kכl ‘Hypothyroidism’ . dis min se di ayodin lεvεl na di bכdi de lכw εn di tayroyd gland nכ ebul fכ mek inof tayroyd כmon dεm. dεn kכl dis bak "underactive thyroid". Dis kin mek yudi mεtabolism de slo, dat kin mek i taya, i kin gεt wet, εn i nɔ kin ebul fɔ bia wit kol.

Sɔm ɔda sayn dɛn we de sho se yu gɛt dis sik:

• Di we aw pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ bɔn pikin.
• Di skin luk lɛk se i dɔn swel.
• Di vɔys we de ala lawd wan.
• Kɔnfyus.
• Dray, skel skin.
• Di ia de kam kɔs ɛn i de tan.

Wetin mek dis ayodin dɛfisiɛns kin apin?

Di men rizin na bikɔs wi nɔ kin gɛt inof ayodin frɔm di it we wi de it. Pan ɔl we dis de go dɔŋ naw na kɔntri dɛn lɛk Sri Lanka, i stil na kɔmɔn prɔblɛm na bɔku divɛlop kɔntri dɛn na di wɔl. Ɛspɛshali na di say dɛn we di mawnten dɛn de, pipul dɛn we de fa frɔm di si nɔ kin it bɔku ayodin frɔm di sifud ɛn di tin dɛn we dɛn mek wit milk. Dɔn bak, na sɔm kɔntri dɛn, dɛn nɔ kin ad ayodin to sɔl.

Aw dɛn kin no se pɔsin nɔ gɛt ayodin?

Yu dɔktɔ kin sɔprayz dis we dɛn si wan tayroyd gland we dɔn big (goiter). If na so, dɛn kin ɔda fɔ mek dɛn tek di tayroyd ɔltrasɔund ɔ tayroyd skan fɔ chɛk di sayz fɔ di tayroyd gland ɛn ɛni ɔda tin we nɔ fayn.

Apat frɔm dat, di dɔktɔ kin du tayroyd blɔd tɛst bak fɔ chɛk yu tayroyd ɔmon lɛvɛl . If yu tayroyd ɔmon lɛvɛl smɔl ɔ yu tayroyd-stimulating ɔmon (TSH) lɛvɛl bɔku, i kin bi se yu nɔ gɛt ayodin.

I fayn fɔ mek dɛn tɛst ɛvri nyu bɔn pikin fɔ haypothayroydism wit blɔd tɛst.

Aw dɛn kin trit dis?

Dɛn kin trit pɔsin we nɔ gɛt ayodin wit ayodin sɔpɔtmɛnt. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin gi yu mɛrɛsin bak we de mek yu gɛt tayroyd ɔmon.

If dɛn bɔn yu pikin wit ayodin, dɛn kin trit am wit tayroyd ɔmon sɔpɔtmɛnt. Dipen pan aw de sik tranga, yu kin nid fɔ tek tayroyd ɔmon fɔ di res ɔf yu layf.

Aw wi go protɛkt wisɛf frɔm ayodin we nɔ de? Wetin na di we dɛn fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt dis sik?

Di bɛst we fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm we yu nɔ gɛt ayodin na fɔ put it dɛn we gɛt ayodin insay yu it ɛvride. Fɔd dɛn we gɛt ayodin na:

• Sɔm kayn fish (e.g., kelawallala, balaya).
• Shrimp, si-sid ɛn ɔda sifud dɛn.
• Fɔd dɛn we gɛt dairy (e.g. milk, yogɔt, chiz).

Dɔn bak, i rili impɔtant fɔ yuz sɔl we gɛt ayod . We yu de kuk it, we yu de ad sɔl to it, mɛmba fɔ yuz sɔl we gɛt ayod.

Bɔku tɛm, wi nɔ kin yuz sɔl we gɛt ayod na di it dɛn we dɛn dɔn prosɛs ɛn tin dɛn we dɛn kin put insay tin fɔ it we wi kin bay na di stoa. Dɛn kin yuz sɔl we dɛn kin yuz ɔltɛm insted. Na dat mek wi nɔ de gɛt ayodin frɔm dɛn. Dɔn bak, ɔda kayn sɔl lɛk si sɔl, kosher sɔl, ɛn Himalayan sɔl nɔ gɛt ayodin sɛf.

Di amɔnt ɔf ayodin we yu nid ɛvride kin difrɛn bay di ej. Wan big pɔsin nid lɛk 150 maykrogram ayodin fɔ wan de. If yu gɛt bɛlɛ ɔ yu de gi pikin in bɛlɛ, yu fɔ tek wan vaytamɛn bifo yu bɔn we gɛt 250 maykrogram ayodin fɔ wan de. Nɔto ɔl di vaytamɛn dɛn we dɛn kin gi bifo dɛn bɔn pikin gɛt ayodin, so chɛk di lɛbl we de na di bɔtul. If nid de, aks yu dɔktɔ bɔt aw fɔ tek wan sɛpret ayodin sɔpɔtmɛnt.

Wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt if yu nɔ gɛt ayodin?

Wae yu bigin fɔ gɛt ayodin frɔm it ɔr sɔpɔtmɛnt, di ifɛkt dɛm wae yu nɔr gɛt ayodin kin ridyus. Bɔt if dɛn nɔ no dis kwik kwik wan, i kin gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn. εspεshali we uman bεlε, if i nכ gεt ayodin, i kin mek i bכn pikin dεm we nכ gεt difεkshכn fכ כltεm. So, fɔ mek dɛn tin ya nɔ go wɔs, i rili impɔtant fɔ gɛt inof ayodin frɔm it ɔ sɔpɔtmɛnt.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

So, ayodin na impɔtant tin fɔ wi bɔdi, mɔ fɔ mek tayroyd ɔmon. If yu gɛt bɛlɛ ɔ yu de gi pikin in bɛlɛ, ayodin rili impɔtant. Pan ɔl we naw i nɔ kin bɔku naw na Sri Lanka we pɔsin nɔ gɛt ayodin, i kin mek i gɛt difrɛn prɔblɛm dɛn, frɔm di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin to pɔsin in mɛtabolik to di we aw dɛn bɔn pikin dɛn we nɔ fayn.

So i rili impɔtant fɔ it tin dɛn we gɛt ayodin ɛn yuz sɔl we gɛt ayodin . If yu gɛt bɛlɛ, mek shɔ se yu tek wan vaytamɛn ɔ ayodin sɔpɔtmɛnt bifo yu bɔn lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu.

A op se dis infɔmeshɔn go yusful to yu. Stay wit wɛlbɔdi!

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