What are symptoms of congenital hypothyroidism effecting infants?
Symptoms in babies can range from persistent jaundice, breathing difficulties due to their enlarged tongue, clogged nasal passages, bulging abdomen, umbilical hernia, cold grayish skin, feeding problems resulting in failure to thrive, anemia, constipation, heart murmurs are most common. Congenital hypothyroidism can also be caused by the mother taking radioiodine while she is pregnant if she is being treated for cancer of the thyroid. Other causes can be exposure to anti thyroid drugs used to treat hypothyroidism in the mother. Signs of congenital hypothyroidism in newborns At birth most babies look perfectly normal which allows for congenital hypothyroidism to go undetected by the doctor who examines your infant , If undetected over the next few weeks of your babies life you will notice your baby becoming lethargic, meaning he or she sleeps for very long periods of time, is hard to arouse, appears limp meaning your baby doesn’t put wait on his or her legs when being held up, you baby
