SOME METABOLIC FACTORS IN THE TREATMENT OF HYPERTHYROIDISM

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Abstract
An adequate diet, high in protein, carbohydrate, mineral and vitamin fortified by additional amounts of calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D when necessary should be given not only in the preoperative and postoperative care of the patient but also to the inoperable case, to the patient who refuses operation, or to the patient who is being treated conservatively by anti-thyroid drugs, by radioiodine, by X-ray or by a combination of these methods of therapy for the reason that in the latter forms of treatment, there is frequently a delay in obtaining the desired level of antimetabolic effect and at times this level is never attained. We advocate therapy under these conditions to maintain a positive Ca and P balance and thus prevent the grave depletion of these elements which inevitably will occur in the hyperthyroid patient who is inadequately treated.

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