Vitamin Potassium Iodide 100 tablets for children, 100 mcg, 100 pcs

Iodine is a vital trace element with high physiological activity, which is a mandatory structural component of hormones produced by the thyroid gland.

The absorption of potassium iodide is very fast and 100%. Absorbed by the thyroid gland, where it is oxidized to iodine. It is also accumulated in the salivary and lactating mammary glands in the stomach tissue. Removed from the body by kidneys, partially by glands – bronchial, salivary and mucous glands.

Potassium iodide as a supplement used in diseases of the thyroid gland (in particular – endemic goiter) and to prevent the accumulation of radioactive iodine in the thyroid.

Iodine is involved in the regulation of the rate of biochemical reactions, affects energy metabolism and maintains optimal body temperature, regulates the water-electrolyte, protein and fat metabolism, is necessary for the growth and development of the body, provides the nervous system and is responsible for the neuro-psychological state. Iodine is directly involved in lipid metabolism, helps to activate all types of metabolism, enhancing the burning of subcutaneous fat. Iodine deficiency has consequences that seriously affect human health.

Iodine enters the human body with food of plant and animal origin. The body does not produce it on its own, so an additional intake is required. Potassium iodide is also used for inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract, bronchial asthma; for eye diseases – cataracts, clouding of the cornea and vitreous body, fungal lesions of the conjunctiva and cornea, hemorrhages in the eye membranes; to stimulate phlegm discharge in bronchial asthma, bronchitis, lung actinomycosis. Potassium iodide is also used as antifungal agent; when applied topically it acts as an antiseptic; it is used in diabetes mellitus, salivary gland diseases and xerostomia.