what are the damgers in hypothyroidism?

Answer 1

Decreased body temperature
decreased heart rate, blood pressure
poor healing, muscle weakness
weight gain
fatigue
excessive sleep
poor mental function
coarsening and loss of scalp hair.
loss of pigment in scalp and other body hair
myxedema of eyes, hands, feet, tongue, voicevox
poor protein synthesis
poor myelination of nerves
changes in EKG

pregnant mothers who have hypothyroidism increase the chance of their unborn baby to have decreased birth weight and IQ.

children born with hypothyroidism usually end up with a large goiter, poor growth, poor development of the nervous system and the effects are not reversible unless treated within the first few years