Question

Name the disease in which a child shows symptoms like low BMR, thick tongue, prolonged neonatal jaundice, lethargy and constipation.

Options

• Myxoedema

• Cushing's disease

• Addison's disease

• Cretinism

Answer 1

Cretinism

Explanation:

Cretinism is the childhood form of severe congenital hypothyroidism in which deficiency of thyroid hormone causes low BMR, thick tongue, prolonged jaundice, lethargy and constipation.
These hormonal deficits impair normal physical and mental development.