A pregnant female deliver a baby who suffes from stunted growth, mental retaradation

A pregnant female deliver a baby who suffers from stunted growth, mental retardation / low intelligence quotient and abnormal skin. This is the result of:

Options

(a) Low secretion of growth hormone
(b) Cancer of the thyroid gland
(c) Over secretion of pars distalis
(d) Deficiency of iodine in diet

Correct Answer:

Deficiency of iodine in diet

Explanation:

Iodine is essential for the normal rate of hormone synthesis in the thyroid. Deficiency of iodine in our diet results in hypothyroidism and enlargement of the thyroid gland, commonly called goitre. Hypothyroidism during pregnancy causes defective development and maturation of the growing baby leading to stunted growth (cretinism), mental retardation, low intelligence quotient, abnormal skin, deaf-mutism, etc.

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