What adjuvant treatments are available during Iodine-131 treatment?

  Not only does the dose of iodine-131 treatment vary from patient to patient, but the method and requirements of adjuvant therapy also vary. The physician in charge of treatment will develop the relevant adjuvant treatment methods according to the specific conditions of each hyperthyroid patient. The main points include the following: 1. Pay attention to the elimination of factors that trigger hyperthyroidism. As mentioned above, pay attention to proper rest and recuperation, change your lifestyle, relieve tension and stress; change the structure of your diet, control iodine intake, and establish a healthy and balanced diet.  2. Those who have obvious panic, excessive sweating and weakness can take appropriate amount of b-blockers (such as Kang Xin, Jinan, etc.) orally until the symptoms are obviously relieved.  3, with emotional instability and insomnia, oral sedative drugs can be given to relieve, etc.  4, protruding eyes can be given corticosteroid drugs to help relieve protruding eyes. Those with combined eye infections may be given antibacterial eye drops as an adjunct to treatment.  5.Patients with severe diarrhea can be given some gastrointestinal drugs to relieve the condition.  6. Combination of serious complications should be treated symptomatically. For example, if there is a combination of lowered blood count, peripheral blood count should be improved; if there is a combination of hepatic impairment, liver-protective drugs should be given; if there is a combination of heart failure, cardiac drugs should be given; if there is a combination of electrolyte disorders (especially hypokalemia), electrolytes should be supplemented in appropriate amounts. In case of combined diabetes mellitus, related treatment should be given to control the disease.  7. For special cases of hyperthyroidism, a combination of anti-thyroid drugs can be used.  8. Some doctors may also use Chinese herbal medicine as an adjunctive treatment. However, it is important to note that the Chinese herbal medicine should not contain iodine-rich ingredients.