Goitre contributing factor. In countries that use iodized salt, Hashimoto's thyroiditis is the most common cause. Goitre can also result from cyanide poisoning; this is particularly common in tropical countries where people eat the cyanide-rich cassava root as the staple food. Goitre is treated according to the cause. If the thyroid gland is producing an excess of thyroid hormones (T3 and T4), radioactive iodine is given to the patient to shrink the gland. If goitre is caused by iodine deficiency, small doses of iodide in the form of Lugol's iodine or KI solution are given. If the goitre is associated with
Trace field of a representation Trace field of a representation In mathematics, the trace field of a linear group is the field generated by the traces of its elements. It is mostly studied for Kleinian and Fuchsian groups, though related objects are used in the theory of lattices in Lie groups, often under the name "field of definition". Fuchsian groups are discrete subgroups of formula_1. The trace of an element in formula_1 is well-defined up to sign (by taking the trace of an arbitrary preimage in formula_3) and the "trace field" of formula_4 is the field generated over formula_5 by the traces of all elements