Tag: Congenital hypothyroidism

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), iodine deficiency is the most common preventable cause of intellectual disability worldwide. This critical shortage of a single nutrient leads directly to cretinism, a congenital condition marked by severe developmental impairments.

Globally, iodine deficiency is the most common preventable cause of brain damage and intellectual disability, not a vitamin deficiency. This severe lack of iodine, a critical mineral, disrupts thyroid hormone production and can lead to the serious developmental condition known as cretinism, or congenital iodine deficiency syndrome.