Question

A person appears fat, short and stocky and has a protruding tongue due to the hormonal deficiency of

• A. Parathyroid
• B. Thyroid
• C. Adrenal
• D. Pineal

Answer 1

The correct option is B Thyroid

Hypothyroidism refers to a deficiency of the thyroid hormone thyroxine. In adults, hypothyroidism causes a condition, called as myxoedema.

The symptoms of myxoedema range from weakness, lethargy, headache and cold intolerance, slow speech, angina (heart pain), shortness of breath and a characteristic "moon face" (puffiness caused by water retention).

Cretinism is a condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones (congenital hypothyroidism), due to maternal nutritional deficiency of iodine. Its symptoms include poor length growth is apparent as early as the first year of life. Adult stature without treatment ranges from 1 to 1.6 metres, depending on severity, sex, and other genetic factors. Bone maturation and puberty are severely delayed. Thus, the correct answer is option B.