When you see this topic, you must feel strange, yes, if it is a normal person such a sentence will feel a joke, why should you make such a choice? But when you suffer from hyperthyroidism, you will have to face such an inescapable problem. As we said in the previous article, there are many benefits of iodine-131 treatment for hyperthyroidism, but some patients are always hesitant to choose it. They think that hyperthyroidism is a disease and hypothyroidism is also a disease, so they can’t get well from one disease and then suffer from another, and they always want to find a perfect treatment. Du Jianqiang, Department of Internal Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine In fact, among the existing treatment methods, any one of them has certain pros and cons, as described in “The Choice of Hyperthyroidism Treatment (I)”. And while countless facts have proven that iodine-131 therapy is the best treatment option available, there are still people who lose the best time for treatment in hesitation, such as the different choices of the two sisters in “Choices for hyperthyroidism treatment (II)”. In modern society, life is fast-paced, especially for young people, who have to work non-stop. After suffering from hyperthyroidism, they are often troubled and often forget to take medication, which leads to recurrent attacks of hyperthyroidism. It is a disease that is difficult to deal with with conventional medical treatment, and the complications are many and serious. The side effects of long-term medication are also serious, such as allergies, impaired liver function, reduced white blood cells, etc. Some side effects are even life-threatening. Surgical treatment may have even more complications and a higher recurrence rate. The most common outcome of hyperthyroidism is hypothyroidism (some patients with mild hyperthyroidism, without any treatment, end up with hypothyroidism). In contrast to hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism has few complications, and even if one forgets to take the medication by chance later on during alternative treatment, it will not bring serious consequences. Moreover, in the current treatment approach, hypothyroidism is a regression of any treatment, it is just a matter of when hypothyroidism appears. After reading this, you will understand why the international medical authorities are now recommending the use of Iodine-131 for the treatment of hyperthyroidism, and you will have your own choice.