Cretinism

Cretin's disease face: due to hypothyroidism, facial facial features are lagging behind, and severe cases have an embryonic appearance. Typical faces include: large head, short forehead, face side; eye fissures are horizontal and eye distance is wide; nose bridge is collapsed, nasal hypertrophy, and nostrils are facing forward; lips are thick and tongue-shaped, often with tongue opening and salivation; Large, ear shell is particularly soft, nasal cartilage is also soft; thin hair, dry and dull skin; dull expression, or silly or smirk.

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