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A health disorder that results from the deficiency of thyroxine in adults and characterized by I. a low metabolic rate II. increase in body weight III. tendency to retain water in tissues, is

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hypothyroidism
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simple goitre
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myxoedema
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cretinism
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Solution

The correct option is C myxoedema

Myxoedema (Gull’s disease) occurs due to the deficiency of thyroxine in adults. It causes low BMR (by 30-40%), low body temperature, tendency to retain water in tissues, reduced heart rate, pulse rate, blood pressure and cardiac output, low sugar and iodine level in blood, muscular weakness and oedema (accumulation of interstitial fluid that causes the facial tissues to swell and look fluffy).


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