Question

Q How is cretinism different from
myxoedema​

Answer 1

✔️cretinism is caused in children while myxodema is caused in adults.

✔️cretinism is caused in a child when mother doesn't has adequate level of thyroxine hormone during pregnancy... while myxodema is caused in adults due to long lasting hypothyroidism.

◆Cretinism in a condition arising from the deficiency of thyroid hormones ,which is categorized by drawfism and mental retardation .

WHILE.

MEXOEDEMA coma is a loss of brain function as a result of severe longstanding low level of thyroid hormone in the blood.