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  • Lugol’s Iodine Solution
      • Ingredients of Lugol’s Iodine Solution:
      • Procedure for Lugol’s Iodine Solution preparation:
      • Procedure for stool examination:
        • Result of Lugols iodine:
      • Important note: 
      • Questions and answers:

Lugol’s Iodine Solution

  • Lugol’s iodine is mainly used in the wet preparation of stool.

Ingredients of Lugol’s Iodine Solution:

  1. Iodine powder = 5 grams.
  2. Potassium iodide = 10 grams.
  3. Distilled water = 100 mL.

Procedure for Lugol’s Iodine Solution preparation:

  1. Dissolve the potassium iodide in the distilled water.
  2. Add iodine crystals slowly and keep shaking the container (test tube) until these are dissolved.
  3. Filter the resulting solution.
  4. This is the stock solution.
  5. For the working solution:
    1. Dilute the stock solution  1:5 with distilled water.
  6. You can use this working solution for 2 to 3 weeks and make a new working solution.
Lugol's Iodine Solution: Stool wet preparation, saline and Lugol's iodine

Lugol’s Iodine Solution: Stool wet preparation, saline, and Lugol’s iodine

Procedure for stool examination:

  1. Make a direct wet smear.
  2. A small portion of the stool is mixed with a drop of saline and Lugol iodine solution.
  3. Place the cover slip on it.
  4. The smears should be thin so you can read the newspaper under the slide.
  5. Check for the amoebae and flagellates. Also, look for cysts.

Result of Lugols iodine:

  1. Lugol iodine will stain the cyst of amoebae and other protozoa.
  2. Iodine stain will show the details which can not be seen by saline preparation.
  3. Trophozoites are rapidly killed by iodine and may not be identifiable.

Important note: 

  • When the iodine crystals disappear from the bottom of the bottle, the stock solution is no longer to be used.
  • Now you need to replace the working solution.

Questions and answers:

Question 1: What is the use of Lugol's iodine?
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It will differentiate ova and cyst.
Question 2: What will happen to trophozoites by Lugol's iodine?
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Trophozoites will be killed by the Lugol's iodine solution.
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Comments

Paul Reply
March 13, 2022

When the iodine crystals disappear from the bottom of the bottle, the stock solution is no longer to be used. Why ??? How strong is this solution ?

regards Paul Sz.

Dr. Riaz Reply
March 13, 2022

It looks the concentration of the solution will change.

Chloe Reply
November 1, 2022

What is the resulting percentage of the Lugol’s iodine in this protocol?

Dr. Riaz Reply
November 1, 2022

It is 5% as we add 5 grams into 100 mL.

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