Marta is a pregnant woman suffering from severe iodine deficiency. as a result of the deficiency, she has a high risk of giving birth to a child with cretinism
Due to an untreated congenital lack of thyroid , cretininism causes dramatically delayed and mental development. Generic, or endemic congenital hypothyroidism are all possible.
It is well known that the severe iodine deficit that occurs during pregnancy causes weak. The cognitive deficiencies of children whose mothers had minor iodine insufficiency during pregnancy are currently the subject of few studies.
The absence of the thyroid gland and the thyroid gland's inability to produce thyroid are the two basic causes of cretinism (congenital cretinism or congenital iodine deficiency syndrome). a diet deficient in iodine
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