Where do goiter's come from?

thyroid gland

A goiter occurs when the thyroid gland isn't producing hormone efficiently. In an effort to produce more thyroid hormone, the gland will bulk up and get bigger and bigger. Eventually, it will get so big that you can see it, and that is the goiter.

A Iodine deficiency...They are rare now, because of our diets.

lack of iodine in body .today iodised salts r common so use them ............goitre was common earlier in africans as due to protein energy malnutrition...PEM.

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