14. Why is goitre more common among the people living in the Himalayan mountains? What
are its symptoms? How can it be cured?
Answers
Answer:
Goitre is common among Himalayan people because there they hardly found purified salt obtained from sea, they commonly use Rock salt for making food but rock salt does not contain that much iodine and lack of iodine cause goitre among them.
They normally use rock salt and this use of rock salt could not able to regulate the metabolic activity of human body like of growth and of health body ! The symptom can be seen as Swelling of their neck or of leg or of any other body part .
The Government provide them purified Sea salt to them and Thus this help the people of that area to be fit..
Extra Point by me :-
Himalayan commonly use rock salt because There on Himalaya rock salt is easily available but they rarely get sea salt.. Therefore they use rock salt..
iodine is necessary for thyroid gland to make thyroxin hormone . thyroxin regulate carbohydrates, protein and fats metabolism in the body so as to provide the best balance for growth . iodine is necessary for thyroid gland to make thyroxin hormone. in case iodine is defficient , we may suffer from goatee .
symptoms :
swollen neck