Question

Question: 15- A person suffer from goiter because of lack of which
mineral?
A. Calcium
B. Iron
C. Phosphorous
D. Vitamin D

Answer 1

Answer:

iodine deficiency causes goiter

Answer 2

A person suffers from goiter because of the lack of Iodine.

• Goiter is a deficiency disease i.e. it is caused due to a lack of a mineral in a person's diet.
• Over 90% of goiter cases are due to that deficiency of iodine.
• In goiter, the thyroid gland that is located around the trachea gets abnormally enlarged.
• This enlargement occurs mainly due to either overproduction or underproduction of the thyroid hormones.
• Iodine is a key component of these hormones.

(The correct question is: A person suffers from goiter because of the lack of which mineral?

A. Calcium

B. Iodine

C. Phosphorous

D. Vitamin D)