Goitre,conceptual image. Patient holding her neck due to goitre. This is an enlargement of the thyroid gland (coloured) in the neck,usually due to a deficiency of the essential mineral iodine. A strip of ultrasound scans of the area is at lower right. The thyroid gland is responsible for producing iodine-containing hormones that regulate the metabolism. If there is a deficiency of iodine the gland swells and the metabolism is disrupted,leading to weight gain,fatigue,slowed heart rate and depression. Iodine supplements can reverse the condition | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Maslo, Miriam |
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