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My child has been crying a lot lately, and he doesn’t eat much. What is this disease?
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Cretinism is a condition characterized by intellectual disability, slow mental development, and skin swelling resembling dough, which is mucoid edema, due to delayed ossification and abnormally short stature. It is important to seek early treatment and, in addition to taking internal medicines that tonify the kidney and spleen, strengthen bones and muscles.