A Reading on

IODINE DEFICIENCY

In Partial Fulfillment of the

Community Health Nursing 1 – NCM 204 RLE

Submitted to:

MRS. ALMA MEGRINO, RN, MN.

Clinical Instructor

MS. BLAIZELLE JULES DUGUILES, ST. N.

Practicing Clinical Instructor

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MELANIE G. CABRIADAS, ST. N. 20%

BSN 2R – GROUP 2 SUBGROUP 1

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October 6, 2022
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TITLE: The Effect of Iodine Deficiency During Pregnancy on Child Development

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bath, S. C., (2018). The Effect of Iodine Deficiency During Pregnancy
on Child Development. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society Page.
Doi: 10.1017/S0029665118002835

SUMMARY:

It is well known that a severe lack of iodine during pregnancy can cause
problems with how the child's brain develops, which can affect the child's cognitive and
motor skills, hearing, and speech. Iodine deficiency during pregnancy has been linked
to slowed brain growth and has been called the biggest preventable cause of brain
damage. World Health Organization says that pregnant and breastfeeding women
should get 250 g/d of iodine, while adults who are not pregnant should get 150 g/d. At
200 g/d, the European Food Safety Authority's recommendations for pregnant women
are a bit lower. According to the 2017 Iodine Global Scorecard, a lot of pregnant women
don't get enough iodine.

A severe lack of iodine during pregnancy can cause a condition called cretinism,
in which the child has trouble learning, can't control how their arms and legs move, and
has trouble hearing (including going deaf) and speaking. These effects show how bad it
is for a developing brain to not get enough iodine. It was shown that giving iodine before
conception prevented cretinism.

Based on the evidence we've looked at here, it seems like women of childbearing
age should make sure they get enough iodine during pregnancy, but ideally in the
months before they get pregnant. If possible, this should be done through food. Seafood
(especially white fish), eggs, milk, and other dairy products are a good source of iodine
for the consumption of our pregnant moms.

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REFLECTION:

In this article I’ve really learned a lot on how an Iodine is essential in every child
development inside the mother’s womb, for instance this will help on child’s brain
development that why having a defect of motor skills, hearing, and speech among
babies or children are sometimes linked to having an inadequate source of iodine.
Moreover, this type of cases especially cretinism that is certainly caused by this
deficiency can be avoided by consuming seafood (especially white fish), eggs, milk, and
other dairy products are some of the foods that are rich in iodine.

Most people don't know how important iodine is during pregnancy. As a result,
there is work to be done in terms of public health to raise awareness, both among
women of reproductive age and among clinicians like midwives and general
practitioners. It seems, then, that public health campaigns are needed to make more
people aware of the importance of iodine in pre-pregnancy and pregnancy and in this
way, it may help reduce the negative effects of iodine deficiency during pregnancy.

As a student nurses, this will serve as a knowledge and awareness for us in

handling a pregnant patient especially in our community health nursing and this will
provide us an efficient health teachings towards our client.
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