tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541576807547096639.post2431170354033624243..comments2023-06-11T02:05:58.229-07:00Comments on The Recovering Expat: Fukushima: Why I'm not filling my root cellar with iodine pills just yetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4541576807547096639.post-6720671780968948152011-05-19T14:36:43.075-07:002011-05-19T14:36:43.075-07:00The palpation of the thyroid is very inaccurate me...The palpation of the thyroid is very inaccurate method and requires long training; the ultrasound should be used for this purpose after the cold is gone; the upper normal limit for thyroid size in adult females is 18 cu cm; the average size is 7 cu cm.<br />A young woman from Belarus who was born in 1987 claims that she has swollen thyroid due to Chernobyl; however the real reason is iodine deficiency; after living for 2 years in the US she had another ultrasound which demonstrated reduction of her thyroid size to normal. While her vibrant young body may still be contaminated with long living isotopes, her goiter had nothing to do with Chernobyl I-131 release. I could speculate that the foregoing thyroid issues will be automatically contributed to the Japanese nuclear disaster. Thanks for readingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com