Pediatric Iodine Deficiency Disease

Iodine is an indispensable nutrient in the human body. When the intake is insufficient, the body will encounter a series of obstacles. Iodine deficiency disease is the damage to the human body due to the lack of iodine in the natural environment, and can show the formation of various diseases. Endemic goiter, endemic cretinism, endemic subclinical cretinism, and infertility, premature, stillbirth, and congenital malformations that affect fertility are collectively referred to as ldquo; iodine deficiency disease rdquo ;. Iodine is an essential component of thyroxine. The thyroid gland uses iodine and tyrosine to synthesize thyroid hormones, so when the iodine intake is insufficient, the body will have a series of obstacles. Due to the degree and period of the body's iodine deficiency, the severity of the body's obstacles will also be different.

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