Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Victims of Ignorance

If a doctor is unable to diagnose your problem, you need to take a second opinion. Dr. Mohan Kumar was found misleading patients when he failed to diagnose the cause of their disease. He blamed Endosulfan for all symptoms caused due to iodine deficiency. Patients are not being treated for the real cause of their trouble. If doctors would have diagnosed correctly, their problems could have been prevented.
Symptoms of iodine deficiency include thyroid enlargement, goiter, nodules within goiter, pregnency related problems such as miscarriages, stillbirth, preterm delivery and congenital abnormalities in babies. Children of mothers with severe iodine deficiency during pregnency can have mental retardation, problems with growth, hearing and speech, cretinism and low intelligence. Read more on the website of American Thyroid Association. http://www.thyroid.org/patients/patient_brochures/iodine_deficiency.html#symptoms

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