Weight loss, increased BMR and protruding eyeballs are the characteristics of _______.
Q.1 (vii) Weight loss, increased BMR and protruding eyeballs are the characteristics of _______.
A. Cretinism
B. Exopthalmic goitre
C. Myxodema
D. Simple goitre
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Answer: B. Exopthalmic goitre
Answer: (b) Exophthalmic goitre
Exophthalmic goitre (Graves’ disease) is caused by hypersecretion of thyroxine. The raised BMR causes loss of weight, nervousness and increased heart rate, and the eyeballs protrude (exophthalmos). Cretinism and myxoedema are due to hyposecretion, and simple goitre to iodine deficiency.
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