The recommended dietary allowance for iodine is 200 mcg/day during pregnancy and 75 mcg/day while breastfeeding. For the rest of us, the answer for optimum thyroid health is, therefore, to get enough -- but not too much -- iodine. You might be deficient in iodine if you have, for health reasons, cut iodized salt out of your diet, or switched to non-iodized sea salt.
The brain and spinal cordâ¦ together make up the central nervous system. The spinal cord begins at the occipital bone and extends down to the space between the first and second lumbar vertebrae; it does not extend the entire length of the vertebral column. It is around 45 cm (18 in) in men and around 43 cm (17 in) long in women.
Spinal Cord Injury: Basic Facts. Spinal cord injury occurs when there is any damage to the spinal cord that. blocks communication between the brain and the body. After a spinal cord. injury, a personâs sensory, motor and reflex messages are affected and may. not be able to get past the damage in the spinal cord. In general, the higher. on the spinal cord the injury occurs, the more dysfunction the person will. experience. Injuries are referred to as complete or incomplete, based on. whether any movement and sensation occurs at or below the level of injury.