Question

what is cretinism?what cause of it

Answer 1

Congenital iodine deficiency syndrome, previously known as cretinism, is a condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth owing to untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormone (congenital hypothyroidism) usually owing to maternal hypothyroidism.

Answer 2

Cretinism refers to severe hypothyroidism in an infant or child.