Iodine in biology damage). In areas where there is little iodine in the diet, typically remote inland areas and semi-arid equatorial climates where no marine foods are eaten, iodine deficiency also gives rise to hypothyroidism, the most serious symptoms of which are epidemic goitre (swelling of the thyroid gland), extreme fatigue, mental slowing, depression, weight gain, and low basal body temperatures. The addition of iodine to table salt (so-called iodized salt) has largely eliminated the most severe consequences of iodine deficiency in wealthier nations, but deficiency remains a serious public health problem in the developing world. Iodine deficiency is also a problem in
Cernunnos deficiency for Cernunnos deficiency, one finds that treatment with allogeneic HSCT(hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, which are stem cells that bring about other cells) has proven useful in some instances. Additionally the following treatments are also used: Cernunnos deficiency Cernunnos deficiency is a form of combined immunodeficiency characterized by microcephaly, due to mutations in the NHEJ1 gene, it is inherited via autosomal recessive manner Management for this condition is antiviral prophylaxis and antibiotic treatment The sign and symptoms of this condition on an affected individual are as follows: In terms of genetics the condition, Cernunnos deficiency is due to a mutation in