So as some of you know I am currently going to nursing school, well we study pretty much everything about the human body and diseases and so on. These last few weeks have been about the liver and kidneys so lots of electrolytes and of course pretty much the same big ones we worry about in the aquarium scene we worry about in the body. Cool helps me understand both better. Well tonight we switched to the endocrine system (basically hormone parts of the body for those who don't know) and talked about hyperthyroidism. Too much thyroid production blah blah blah my teacher explains everything and says some the drug we give to help treat it and this is the crazy connection. Treatment for hyperthyroidism is lugol's solution.... Sound familiar!! Basically high levels of potassium iodide that has been used since the late 1800s in humans and adopted to our hobby... Crazy!
Just had to share my excitement!
Just had to share my excitement!