Congenital Hypothyroidism
Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is inadequate thyroid hormone production in newborn infants.
Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is inadequate thyroid hormone production in newborn infants.
The major endocrine organs of the body include the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pineal and thymus glands, the pancreas, and the gonads. The regulatory functions of the nervous and endocrine systems are similar in some aspects, but differ in such ways.
Much like sanitation workers who keep a city’s water supply drinkable and dispose of its waste, the kidneys are usually unappreciated until there is a malfunction and “internal garbage” piles up.