A nurse counsels a patient scheduled for radioactive iodine to treat for Graves' disease. Which statement made by the patient best demonstrates understanding?
a. "This treatment is more costly than medical management."
b. "The long-term effects may include lifelong hypothyroidism."
c. "The treatment will take effect immediately."
d. "Radioactivity affects all body tissues."
ANS: B
Iodine-131 can be used to destroy thyroid tissue in patients with hyperthyroidism; unfortunately, this may cause delayed hypothyroidism because of excessive thyroid damage, a frequent complication with management of Graves' disease.
The treatment is not more costly than medical management.
The treatment may take awhile to be effective.
Radioactivity (the beta particles) affects the thyroid but does not affect other parts of the body.
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