Re: Can Lugols cause stomach pain and nausea?

I'm 9-yrs late to this party, but I discovered relevant info in "Gastroenterology Research and Practice," an online medical journal dedicated to gastritis and cancer. The article was published in 2010 (3-yrs after this discussion got started). A few lines into paragraph-long introduction, it says, specifically:

"Lugol’s Iodine [solution], however, can induce mucosal irritation, leading to retrosternal [chest] pain and discomfort, and can even induce erosion or ulceration in the esophagus and stomach."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2853081/

To my knowledge, this conclusion was not (I repeat "not") arrived at simply to discredit the use of Iodine as a natural cure for anything. The researchers were actually using 10 ml of a 3% Lugol's solution as a means to stain cells in the esophagi of test subjects. This was done to better see squamous cell carcinomas (the fancy-pants medical way to say "cancer" cells). And they happened to notice the irritation to the lining throughout the esophagus and stomach as a consequence.

I discovered this journal article (7 years later in 2017) to deal with my own health issues (such is the beauty of the internet). I was investigating how others had fared using Iodine to kill helicobacter pylori, the virus specifically associated with both acid reflux and ulcers.

I have been taking a 2% Lugol's solution in varying amounts over the past few months, not for anything specific, but just for general good health. After listening to several iodine presentations by Dr. David Brownstein, MD (on YouTube), however, I began taking a more robust dose, 25-50 mg (about 150-300 times the RDA of 150 mcg needed to prevent goiter). In my case, this would be about 10 to 20 drops at the 2% strength.

In addition to acid reflux, I experienced other symptoms like constant ear-popping, vertigo, and fatigue, but I assumed this was just the necessary consequence of kicking bromine and the other halogens from iodine receptors on cells, where they shouldn't have been in the first place. I didn't know that there was concrete evidence suggesting that the reflux might be the result of taking the wrong FORM of Lugol's.

Given that the wrong form of Lugol's can potentially damage the mucosal lining of the stomach, h. pylori might now be a part of my acid reflux problem more so than it was before. I know pylori seeks cover from stomach acid by burying themselves into the mucosal lining of the stomach, so if Lugol's solution compromises that lining in some way, you can see what I'm getting at.

I'll be curious to see what happens after I switch over from the 2% J. Crow solution to the Iodoral tablets.



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