(Certain events and circumstances can delay or âtollâ statutes of limitations, essentially lengthening the time period for bringing a claim.) Assume one person wants to sue another for assault and battery. Assume also that the statute of limitations for assault and battery is two years.
In some ways the Jod-Basedow phenomenon is the opposite of the Wolff-Chaikoff effect, which refers to the short period of thyroid-hormone suppression which happens in normal persons and in persons with thyroid disease, when comparatively large quantities of iodine or iodide are ingested.
The acute Wolff-Chaikoff effect lasts for few a days and then, through the so-called escape phenomenon, the organification of intrathyroidal iodide resumes and the normal synthesis of thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) returns.