From October 22 to 23, 2021, the 7th Thyroid Forum and the 5th Kuanren Reproductive Endocrine Forum, sponsored by Chongqing Medical Association and undertaken by the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, was successfully held in Junhao Hotel, Chongqing. The purpose of this forum is to promote the clinical diagnosis and treatment level of thyroid diseases and reproductive endocrine diseases in Chongqing, give full play to the advantages of regional cooperation, mutual research and discussion, enhance communication, strengthen discipline construction and talent training. 

    The meeting invited well-known domestic and city experts in this field to give special reports and case sharing. At the same time, a study class on standardized diagnosis and treatment of reproductive endocrine diseases (national) and a study class on systemic management of thyroid diseases during childbearing age (Chongqing) were held. Endocrine continuing education projects with a certain regional influence-Thyroid Disease Forum and Reproductive Endocrinology Forum have been held for many consecutive sessions.

    In this forum, Yang Jing, deputy chief physician of the Department of Endocrinology, Xinqiao Hospital, discussed the clinical significance of urine iodine testing in thyroid diseases. Dr. Yang Jing mainly explained the physiological effects of iodine on the human body, iodine deficiency and iodine excess. Related diseases, urine collection and storage conditions and precautions, iodine element automatic detector and urine iodine detection kit product features.

    Iodine is an essential com-ponent of the hormones produced by the thyroid gland.Thyroid hormones, and therefore iodine, are essential for mammalian life. Iodine is crucial for thyroid hormone synthesis and fetal neurodevelopment. Potential consequences of iodine deficiency are goiter,hypo thyroidism, cretinism, and impaired cognitive de-velopment.  

    This meeting demonstrated the characteristics of the Silky-Road Medical's iodine element automatic detector and urine iodine detection kit. The detection principle of the Silky-Road Medical's iodine element detector adopts a new combination formula based on the national standard method. The organic matter is completely cold digested and processed through redox reaction. Realize the equipment online automatic iodine element detection, the Silky-Road Medical's urine iodine analyzer is simple to operate, automatic, intelligent, informatized, safe and environmentally friendly, and has a wide range of applications. The urine iodine test kit of Silky-Road Medical  does not require pre-treatment of specimens (such as purification and filtration, heating, water bath, etc.), fully automated operation, simple and convenient, and closed detection is more environmentally friendly.